2 poems from "Death of a Naturalist" and Heaney's techniques for exploring the theme of nature in his poetry.

Seamus Heaney is a contemporary Irish poet. As soon as he published "Death of a Naturalist", in 1966, it was acclaimed as a great work of literature. This collection revolves around childhood, the loss of innocence and the transition from childhood to adulthood. We also have a glimpse of Heaney's distorted view of nature, his fascination and yet the hostility it radiates. In "Death of a naturalist" and "Blackberry Picking" he explores the theme of nature. "…showed first 75 words of 1038 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1038 total…never last. Nowadays however we can preserve our fruit by freezing it - so does this mean that hopes are not disappointed after all? This is also done in "Death of a Naturalist" where in the heart of civilisation there is this wild element, Heaney seems to suggest that it is also in the very heart of man; that every man has an untamed and wild streak buried in the very deepest parts of himself.