Using the four poems; 'Song of the old mother' by William Butler Yeats, 'On my first sonne' by Ben Johnson, 'Digging' by Seamus Heany and 'Catrin' by Gillian Clarke, I am going to compare how the poets use different techniques

... Choose; two poems from the poetry bank, one by Seamus Heaney and one poem by Gillian Clarke and compare all four poems on how they write about the relationships between parents and children. Using the four poems; 'Song of the old mother' by William Butler Yeats, 'On my first sonne' by Ben Johnson, 'Digging' by Seamus Heany and 'Catrin' by Gillian Clarke, I am going to compare how the poets use different techniques to show the relationships between parents and children, also how the writer conveys their ideas to the reader. In the following paragraphs I'm going to talk my interpretation of the four selected poems. In 'Song of the Old Mother' William Butler Yeats is the writer for this poem however he is not the narrator of this poem, his mother is. This poem is about growing old and how the mother thinks children take things for granted. The

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