Poems can capture important moments in our lives, whether they include moments from childhood regarding growing or family relationships. Discuss how the poets you have studied have described the ending of childhood innocence.

... Poems can capture important moments in our lives, whether they include moments from childhood regarding growing or family relationships. Discuss how the poets you have studied have described the ending of childhood innocence. Firstly Seamus Heaney is a poet I have studied. He was from a rural catholic background in Castledawson, County Derry, however he did live in a mainly protestant area. He addresses issues such as childhood, familial relationships, particularly his relationship with his father and also the identity crisis of becoming a poet. For example in his poem, "Death of a Naturalist" he draws largely on his experience and the experience of his community in an attempt to represent the troubles in a new and analytical manner. In contrast to this, another poet I focused on, Carol Ann Duffy, grew up in an urban environment. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1955, however grew up in

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