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Compare and contrasting 2 poems (Blackberrying and Blackberry Picking)

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Compare and Contrast - Blackberrying and Blackberry Picking Blackberrying by Sylvia Plath and Blackberry Picking by Seamus Heaney are about blackberries. They both have journey motifs which are different to each other and they both write this in a 1st person narrative which suggests these could be autobiographical. They both share a same theme which is talking about nature but they do this in different ways. Sylvia Plath writes about nature in the countryside whereas Seamus Heaney is 'celebrating' nature, also Seamus Heaney writes about how children understand mortality in his poem. 'Blackberry Picking' is written in free verse which means it has various styles in the poem, but it's written in only 1 stanza. His poem has journey motif which is learning about mortality and celebrating nature. This poem is in the past tense as it is talking about a memory which means this poem is about the narrator when...

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