This writer wrote about a man and "his last gruel of winter seeds caked in his stomach" in a poem concluding, "In the old man-killing parishes I will feel lost, unhappy and at home".
This writer wrote about a man and "his last gruel of winter seeds caked in his stomach" in a poem concluding, "In the old man-killing parishes I will feel lost, unhappy and at home". Another of his poems describes how "bubbles gargled delicately, bluebottles wove a strong gauze (goz) of sound around the smell". In addition to writing about wanting to go to Aarhus (AR-hooss) to see the "peat- brown head" of "The Tollund Man", this poet wrote about a "rat-grey fungus" that leads the speaker to conclude, "It wasn't fair that all the lovely canfuls smelt of rot". This poet of "Blackberry-Picking" wrote about the death of his younger brother in a poem ending, "A four foot box, a foot for every year". For 10 points, name this Irish poet who included "Mid-Term Break" in Death of a Naturalist and translated Beowulf.
This writer wrote about a man and "his last gruel of winter seeds caked in his stomach" in a poem concluding, "In the old man-killing parishes I will feel lost, unhappy and at home".
Seamus Heaney (SHAY-mus HEE-nee) [or Seamus Justin Heaney] 