Below is a timeline of significant British and world events from 1914-2016. Some of these might have influenced Sheers (1974-present) as well as Heaney (1939-2013). 1914 Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Gruelling trench warfare in Belgium and France. 1918 War ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war … More Poetry ContextÂ
In both ‘The Skunk’ and ‘The Otter’, Heaney is influenced by the separation from his wife in the time he was lecturing for a year at the University of California. He uses animals which arenât usually seen as symbols of love or desire, as a metaphor for his wife and his favourite things about … More How does Heaney use animals in Field Work?
If you didn’t subscribe to the English Review magazine, here are some points from it that I thought were important: ‘The young, self-conscious writer looks back to his father and grandfather, and writes himself out of the family tradition by choosing the pen and not the spade for his own working life.’ ‘the marriage poems of Field Work’ … More Heaney: notes from ‘English Review’
Dom's Literature Adventure 