The Relationship Between Man and Nature

Discussing two or three Poems in Detail, Explain how you think Heaney Develops our Understanding of the Nature of Humanity and Existence through Poetry In this essay I will discuss the poems Digging, Wheels within Wheels and Toome. I will explain how Heaney develops our understanding of humanity and existence through the poems mentioned above. Heaney mainly uses poetic techniques to express and expand our understanding of the nature of existence and humanity. The ideas in Digging concern relationships to ancestors, and to work. Heaney describes his relationship to his father and grandfather purely in terms of their work on the land.

Even the animals that are usually roaming around this field are hiding and nowhere to be seen. It shows how deserted the field is and how deserted the narrator feels. Frost also uses Auditory imagery to describe the scenery. Frost doesn’t exactly ... ... middle of paper ... ...ds the field is caused by his emotions of isolation and abandonment. This feeling is so overwhelming to the narrator that he cannot look at life as the beautiful thing it is, instead he looks at it with an impassive tone.

In this essay I will compare the presentation of family in digging with at least one other poem in identity. I have chosen to select Follower. The title of the poem Digging could refer to turning over soil for planting or harvesting, or digging deeper to uncover some sort of treasure. Alternatively the poet could be thinking of digging up the past, or uncovering some secret hidden in the past. The poem is written from the poet’s perspective and there is no doubt that this poem is about a writer for in the opening lines we learn that: ‘Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests...’ The poet is writing in his room which is upstairs and overlooks the garden.

Nature represents an array of differing personalities, whether it be a positive influence on one’s life or an attempt to control it. In Early Purges by Seamus Heaney, conflicting views between the city and country folk question the true meaning of what defines cruelty to nature. In the poem, the narrator does not seem phased by the merciless drowning cats on a farm. Heaney describes the act as a way to keep the animal population in the farm’s control, but from an urban citizen’s view, the act seems rather harsh. In William Wordsworth’s I wandered lonely as a cloud, the narrator finds his therapy in the solitude of nature.

We will be analysing the two poems form and content. The content of the poems reveals much about Heaney's life and by comparing the form and content of the two poems, we can uncover much about Heaney's feelings and style of writing. The poem "Digging" was written by Seamus in 1964 and was one of the first poems he wrote. This poem is about a man looking down on his father digging in the garden both now and in the past. He reminisces about moments in the past of both his father and grandfather digging potatoes.

We are also told that young Heaney ‘stumbled in his hob – nailed wake,’ which brings to our mind a picture of the ploughman’s heavy boots, the carefully ploughed furrow and the child’s clumsy enthusiasm. The poet uses onomatopoeic words to capture the details of his father as he works the plough. At the end of the first stanza he describes him leading the team of plough-horses, instructing them with his “clicking tongue”. In the second stanza his father guides the horses with “a single pluck Of Rains”. It is interesting that the onomatopoeia here emphasises the great skill with which the poet’s father controls and guides his horses.

If these expressions were during Shakespeare?s time the people would not have understood their meaning. Another such expressions could be ?Cool beans!? that basically means ?this is neat.? Terms that Shakespeare used have either fallen out of use or have different meanings, thus confusing the reader if he or she is not familiar with the Shakespearean style of writing. A great example of a word meaning chan... ... middle of paper ... ...iting letters or messages and sometimes you will hear a person say ?tis?.

Claudio: Benedick, didst thou note the daughter of Signor Leonato? Benedick: I noted her not but I looked on her. The puns involved in Shakespeare's language are how he tries to deceive in particular the educated audience who found this language engaging. The use of this sort of language reinforces the fine line between what is believable and what is not. They are not certain of what it is supposed to mean, in this case nothing or noting.

(G. J. Thomas R. Arp) In Shakespeare's time the Puck was a mischievous nature sprite or fairy (Teller). As a result, the audience was deceived into believing that the story was a dream. Many stanzas were merged into the plot that contained deep thoughts behind them that made the scenario of the scenes complex and deceptive. Puck's important role contributed to these situations is obvious in the unfolding of his character to seem unreal and ... ... middle of paper ... ... the type of enjoyment Shakespeare had his characters go through so that he could express a point, as a consequence he had to make other characters such as Puck help contribute to these activities. Therefore, the deep meaning of the play is much more intricate than the eye can see, and because of Pucks actions these meanings came out.

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 15 explores the possibility of preserving a man through verse, employing a gardening metaphor to explain the process of doing so. Throughout the sonnet, men are likened to plants in their manner of growing, exhibiting beauty, as well as by their impermanence. The comparison between men and plants culminates in the final line of the poem in which the speaker promises to “ingraft [the man] new” (14), presumably through verse. “Ingrafting” in this instance suggests both the act of writing as well as a horticultural process practiced by cultivators of plants. Because writing and the grafting of plants ultimately produce strikingly different results, the poet introduces a dichotomous conception of what exactly he intends for the subject of his sonnet.