Mother - son relationship

... Mother - son relationship One of the most moving and the most emotional works by Seamus Heaney is 'Clearances'. A brilliant sonnet sequence published in 'The Haw Lantern' collection (1987) written in memoriam to Heaney's mother, Margaret Kathleen, who died in 1984. These sonnets are not only infused with the still lively and vivid memoirs but also depict the relationship between the mother and the son and express the poet's love to his mother. As befits the tradition of the sonnet cycle, the 'Clearances' start with an invocation. 'She taught me what her uncle once taught her: How easily the biggest coal block split If you got the grain and hammer angled right. 1 Heaney's mother passed him very simple but great life wisdom - how to live, how to use appropriate and effective ways to solve everyday problems. 'The sound (...) taught me to hit, taught me to loosen Taught me between the hammer and

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