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I will be comparing three poems called Storm On The Island (SOTI), Death Of a Naturalist (DOAN) both by Seamus Heaney and The Field Mouse (TFM) by Gillian Clarke
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... Comparisons Of Poems By Themes I will be comparing three poems called Storm On The Island (SOTI), Death Of a Naturalist (DOAN) both by Seamus Heaney and The Field Mouse (TFM) by Gillian Clarke. I picked out several key contrasts in the three poems that linked to war, danger, senses, differences and similarities and changes. War is demonstrated throughout all three poems, for example; on Line 18 of SOTI, Heaney writes that the area is "bombarded" by the crash of waves and the weather. A comparison to this in DOAN would be on Line 30, "like mud grenades" again hinting at the sound and feel of war, he uses the simile to give the idea that the frogs were motionless and waiting to detonate or strike at something. In TFM, Clarke uses the words "the air hums with jets, compared to the other poems, we get the same idea of war or the imminent threat













