1. Abeer Basbos Areej Abu-Farah Hiba JaferahPRESENTATION ON: The Relationship between the Personal and Political in Seamus Heaney’s Poetry Supervised by: Mrs. Hanadi Younan…

Slide 1 By Seamus Heaney Slide 2 Digging Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; as snug as a gun. Under my window a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks…

Slide 1Seamus Heaney Slide 2 Seamus Heaney born in Northern Ireland in 1939 eldest of nine children father - farmer and cattle dealer poetry centred on the countryside and…

Slide 1Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) Slide 2 Born in a Roman Catholic Family in Ulster He lived on a farm on the border with the Irish Republic He went to Queen’s University…

Slide 1 Poetry Analysis Mrs. Kate Hendrix Warren East High School Adapted from Laying the Foundation Slide 2 Write “Digging” – Poetry Analysis at the top along with…

Digging Seamus Heaney GCSE Anthology- Page 21 Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. Simile: it fits his hand and is powerful Under my window…

Poetry terms Poetry 101 1 Allusion reference to history, culture, mythology, etc. that the author expects you to recognize and understand Example: Garden of Eden 2 Alliteration…

By Seamus Heaney Digging Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; as snug as a gun. Under my window a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks into gravelly ground:…

Digging By: Seamus Heaney Digging By: Seamus Heaney Molly Calhoon Broderick Yoerg Seamus Heaney (1939-Today) Born in Northern Protestant Ireland Worked on a farm in County…

PowerPoint Presentation By Seamus Heaney Digging âGravellyâ is symbolic in that it refers to the One Crop Law that was imposed on Ireland by England. This law was later…