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... Sunil Mirpuri September 27th, 2006 IB English HLII Commentary Punishment Seamus Heaney's poem "Punishment" illustrates the revival of history through the eyes of an empathetic narrator and a two-thousand year old mummy. Throughout the poem, Heaney uses a very descriptive and imaginative language in order to create a tone of sympathy towards the reader; nevertheless, this tone is accompanied by a tone of adoration and admiration towards the bog girl. However, by the end of the poem, the narrator completely changes his tone from admiration to understanding and empathy for the killing of the girl. Seamus Heaney uses detailed images, a very descriptive style of diction and a simple form of structure in order to emphasize the narrator's changes in tones and attitude throughout "Punishment." The diction in "Punishment" embodies a very detailed yet grotesque style of writing. The entire poem is a description of the York Girl, a two-thousand year old petrified body which had
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