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Seamus Heaney has Vivid Memories of his Childhood. Analyse Two Poems That Reflect Heaney's Childhood Memories. Refer to the Poems In Detail and Use Quotes to Illustrate Your Points.
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... Seamus Heaney has Vivid Memories of his Childhood. Analyse Two Poems That Reflect Heaney's Childhood Memories. Refer to the Poems In Detail and Use Quotes to Illustrate Your Points. Seamus Heaney is an established Irish poet who was born on April 13th 1939. He was the oldest of nine children and was brought up on a remote farm in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He has a lot of typically Irish memories which he includes in his poems. The three main memories that he brings up in the two poems 'Mid-Term Break and 'Follower' are the death of his brother Christopher, farm life and breaking the family tradition. At 18, Heaney left his small village to pursue his English career, unaware of just how talented a poet he was. It wasn't until he attended Queens College to study a degree in English and got involved with a group of poets, known as













