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With reference to any three poems from "Death of a Naturalist" discuss Heaney's treatment of the theme of death.
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... With reference to any three poems from "Death of a Naturalist" discuss Heaney's treatment of the theme of death. Heaney's first volume of poetry, "Death of a Naturalist" deals with the young poet growing up on a farm and encountering for the first time the bitter realities of life. "The Early Purges" focuses on this particular point in his life. At this time Heaney is only six and coming to terms with what he is introduced to is by no means easy. At this age he is confronted with the sight of drowning kittens. Dan Taggart, a rough and arrid farm-hand, holds the responsibility for this harsh job. Yet he shows neither compassion nor sympathy and brushes off the guilt for his deed by referring to them as 'scraggy wee shits', as if they were of no meaning. 'Dan Taggart pitched them into them, into a bucket.' He does this without feeling or
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