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Ireland's Finest

Advantages: a well selected collection of poetic verse
Disadvantages: difficult to engage with on first read.

As a listed A level curriculem author , this particular collection is extremely useful for study. It contains an excellent selecton of his works, that span the changes in his writing style. Including his famous poem 'death of a naturalist' the reader is i ...

the_critic101 15.01.2008 · Read full review
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Review of New Selected Poems 1966-1987 - Seamus Heaney

Simple and unadorned diction

Advantages: Remarkable poems
Disadvantages: None

Author: Seamus Heaney Genre: Poetry Title: "Seeing Things" Pages: 170 (including preface and closing) First published: Faber and Faber Limited (1991) My book is first American edition published in 1991 by Farrar, Strauss and Giroux (New York). ISBN ...

cs.hari 05.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Seeing Things - Seamus Heaney

Poetic Genius

Advantages: Wonderfully descriptive poems
Disadvantages: Ciao managed to get the title wrong

As another reviewer has pointed out, the title of this anthology is 'Death of a Naturalist', and NOT 'Death of a Naturist'! Not so long ago I read a comment by someone who felt he could not benefit in any way from reading Nobel-Prize-winning Seamus Hea ...

denella 11.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Death of a Naturist - Seamus Heaney

Beautiful

Advantages: Strong yet simple messages
Disadvantages: May be hard to understand these messages fully for younger readers

Beautiful poems, with both simple and complex meanings and I definitely recommend it to anyone who appreciates poetry or literature. After studying Heaney's poetry for GCSE, and loving it, I personally went to Heaney's birthplace in Ireland, and now ...

kambing 12.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Death of a Naturist - Seamus Heaney

Death of a Naturalist (not naturist!)

Advantages: Powerful sensory imagery, informal colloquial language
Disadvantages: Knowledge about Heaney needed for full appreciation

Firstly, I think it's important to say that the anthology is called 'Death of a Naturalist' not 'Death of a Naturist'. Therefore, the poem of the same title is about nature, not nudism! Naturalists are people who are interested in nature; naturists are pe ...

MissC7 10.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Death of a Naturist - Seamus Heaney