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"Blackberry Picking" by Seamus Heaney


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"Blackberry Picking" by Seamus Heaney

... Essay on "Blackberry-Picking" The poem "Blackberry Picking" by Seamus Heaney is a very meaningful poem that is not what it appears to be at first. Through the use of strong language and many poetic devices, Seamus Heaney has given a whole new meaning to the idea of picking berries. The child in this poem is having a good time picking berries at the beginning, but near the end of the poem, he finds that all his berries have spoiled. This basically describes the meaning behind the poem. To the child, the berries appear as hope, hope that there is something good and fun in life. His view, however, changes as the berries spoil. The hope as faded, and what he sees is the truth. Nothing in life, if you're a child or you're an adult, is perfect. The child however is in this maturing age where what he thought was a

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