Comparing Digging and Follower by Seamus Heaney Essay -- Seamus Heaney

assay two poems, Digging and Follower by Seamus Heaney and then(prenominal) compare the poems, explaining twain their differences and similarities.The first poem I am going to examine is gibe by Seamus Heaney. Iwill first causerie on the style of the poem. Digging has both ametaphorical and real convey to it. The literal meaning is thathis father and his grandfather are farmers. The poem talks about(predicate) themen Digging and working, so this explains the literal meaning of thepoem. The metaphorical meaning is that Seamus Heaney is Digging intohis past and back round, which is farming. So, the title is rathereffective. Now I will examine the rest of the poem.Firstly, I will look at, and comment on, the first stanza. In thisverse, Seamus Heaney is not doing anything. It seems as if he iswaiting for inspiration. In the assist line, there is a strangesimile The squat write rests snug as a gun. This is strange becausesnug is a comfortable word which suggests he is comfortab le with hiswriting, but gun is a powerful and dangerous word. This could meanthat his pen could be powerful (and it is it ends up being hiscareer). The word squat makes it seem as if he is enthusiastic to write andas if the pen is poised ready to spring. The word rests thenreinforces the belief that he is comfortable with his writing.Secondly, I will study the second stanza. Onomatopoeia is used at theend of the first line. A clean bumpy sound is said. This is alsoaural imagery. The word digging is repeated at the end of thisstanza with the literal meaning.I will now look at the third stanza. Seamus Heaney is now thinkingback 20 years. I fag end tell this as it says comes up twenty yearsaway. He is thinki... ...he poem. The poem is about how great his father is, andthen ends bluntly by saying Heaney is a nuisance. I found itunexpected. I think that it may mean that his back round wont go awayand he feeds his writing by his past. It could also mean that hisfather is now over-th e-hill and feeble. Whichever this may be, it is a veryironic ending. The pessimistic ending is some(prenominal) un same that ofDigging, which ended optimistically.I found this poem potent to understand at first, but then I lookedbetween the lines, and, like Digging, I found it really raiseand deep/meaningful. I rather digging though, I found it a moreinteresting and optimistic poem. Though, I did really like the laststanza of Follower I found it very effective. But I also did withDigging. Overall, I enjoyed both poems thoroughly and would like tolook at more of Seamus Heaneys work.