This is a very cursory overview of Seamus Heaney as an introduction to a unit of study. The source material is simply Wikipedia with a video inserted from the NY Times.
i know you did this 5 years ago but its still very accurate and intriguing, please do more of these i really do think you could gain a lot of followers if you go into more details of other irish poets and more information on heaney. once again im very grateful to have found this video before my exams, so thank you :)
Pretty cool! The original NYT video has been taken down due to copyright so I was glad to get it here, will use it in my English Junior Certificate class!
The following poem is dedicated to the memory of Seamus Heaney: Dorothy; pigtails and ruby slippers, she trims an emerald hedge with the Wizard's token clippers. Dorothy's farm and the perfect summer at its zenith; a welcome sublime; delightful birdsong with... a sporadic tinkle of wind-chime. Suddenly, the girl's clad with distress; points toward the yard and yells: "Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness!" By the barn door stands a young boy; ten and not much more. He says, ever so sweetly; almost in song: "Swisser Swatter! Swisser Swatter! Like the black between the stars; it doesn't matter!" Low and behold; it's Seamus Heaney; drowning little kittens in a bucket of water. He soon finds his temple in Dorothy's shade, her conscience hollow and eyes ablaze. She looks upon the fur afloat on the water, and says: "Little boy! Little boy! A poet should know better! And what's good for the goose is also good for the..." Oh, the horror! The horror! -Ralegh's Heir by Conal Cochran
Thank you, Bruce Derby, for this great upload
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Simple, but beautiful.
i know you did this 5 years ago but its still very accurate and intriguing, please do more of these i really do think you could gain a lot of followers if you go into more details of other irish poets and more information on heaney. once again im very grateful to have found this video before my exams, so thank you :)
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Pretty cool! The original NYT video has been taken down due to copyright so I was glad to get it here, will use it in my English Junior Certificate class!
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Seamus Heaney - Digging - Centre Culturel Irlandais June 13 2013 th-cam.com/video/wDAChlcYRqg/w-d-xo.html
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The following poem is dedicated to the memory of Seamus Heaney:
Dorothy; pigtails and ruby slippers,
she trims an emerald hedge
with the Wizard's token clippers.
Dorothy's farm
and the perfect summer at its zenith;
a welcome sublime;
delightful birdsong with...
a sporadic tinkle of wind-chime.
Suddenly, the girl's clad with distress;
points toward the yard and yells:
"Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness!"
By the barn door stands a young boy;
ten and not much more.
He says, ever so sweetly; almost in song:
"Swisser Swatter! Swisser Swatter!
Like the black between the stars; it doesn't matter!"
Low and behold; it's Seamus Heaney;
drowning little kittens in a bucket of water.
He soon finds his temple in Dorothy's shade,
her conscience hollow and eyes ablaze.
She looks upon the fur afloat on the water,
and says: "Little boy! Little boy! A poet should know better!
And what's good for the goose is also good for the..."
Oh, the horror! The horror!
-Ralegh's Heir
by Conal Cochran