http://beyond-school.org/2007/07/12/an-invitation-to-poetry-interpreting-seamus-heaneys-clearances-5/ More learning. Less schooliness. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:17:15 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://beyond-school.org/2007/07/12/an-invitation-to-poetry-interpreting-seamus-heaneys-clearances-5/comment-page-1/#comment-10983 Gerry Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:06:30 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=277#comment-10983 Above interpretations an example of how the READER creates the poem - Try reading this poem as a straightforward memory of his mother and moments spent with her - which fits into Clearances and the sonnets written in memory of her. For god's sake just because he is a famous poet doesn't mean he is always right. My mother sewed flour bags into sheets - thats what thifty folk in Ulster did ! Stop getting bogged down in the techniques and feel the sentiment.Maybe this is one of his lesser poems ! Above interpretations an example of how the READER creates the poem –
Try reading this poem as a straightforward memory of his mother and moments spent with her – which fits into Clearances and the sonnets written in memory of her. For god’s sake just because he is a famous poet doesn’t mean he is always right. My mother sewed flour bags into sheets – thats what thifty folk in Ulster did ! Stop getting bogged down in the techniques and feel the sentiment.Maybe this is one of his lesser poems !

]]> http://beyond-school.org/2007/07/12/an-invitation-to-poetry-interpreting-seamus-heaneys-clearances-5/comment-page-1/#comment-2311 chad Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:01:30 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=277#comment-2311 Love is a luscious lilac lingering in limbo. Love is a luscious lilac lingering in limbo.

]]> http://beyond-school.org/2007/07/12/an-invitation-to-poetry-interpreting-seamus-heaneys-clearances-5/comment-page-1/#comment-2029 Seamus Heaney's "Clearances #5" discussed (link) Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:09:39 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=277#comment-2029 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Today at 4:06The poem and two different interpretations of it can be read at this LINK. It's interesting how, even in the case of a poem written by a master poet, different [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Today at 4:06The poem and two different interpretations of it can be read at this LINK. It’s interesting how, even in the case of a poem written by a master poet, different [...]

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