Facts About Heaney
What inspired his poem midterm break?
His brothers death
Repetition in the night drive
Promised, Promised
Where is his lover supposedly located
Italy
what is the main theme of the nigh drive?
Being in love, something ordinary can turn into something extraordinary
At what age did Heaney win full ride scholarship
The age of 12
What could the forest fire symbolize?
Love and Passion or exhaustion
Heaney takes inspiration from which legendary poet?
Shakespeare
What could grave possibly mean in this context?
death, time is running out, his fathers death
How many stanzas does Heaney usually have
4
How has Heaney's early life contributed to his poem
He grew up in the farm life, so he knows everything about his father and when his farmer gardens
Where is an onomatopeia found in a call.
tickling
Name 2/3 of the city in France mentioned in night drive.
Montreuil, Abbeville, Beauvais
Why didn't Seamus say I love you
Masculinity, his fathers distant, tough father son relationship
What is the typical style of Seamus Heaney
4 Quatrain
What was Heaney's Pseudonym
Incertus
What is personified in this poem
Death
How does the speaker catch attention in a call
"Hold on"
What is a combine and what does Heaney's line about combines tell you about society
Group of people or companies acting together for a commercial purpose, working long extensive hours is normalized in society, exhaustion is normalized.
What is a sonnet?
14 lines, 3 quatrains and rhyming couplet at the end
What University did Heaney Teach at?
Harvard
What are ... called
Ellipses
What is an Elizabeth Sonnet?
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