Compare and Contrast Death of a Naturalist, An Advancement of Learning

Compare and Contrast Death of a Naturalist, An attainment of Learning and The advance(prenominal) Purges.In this essay I am outlet to discuss Death of a Naturalist, An promotion of Learning and The Early Purges by Seamus Heaney. Iwill focus on the similarities and differences between these poems interms of what they are about, their language and themes.The first out of the three poems by Heaney that I have studied isDeath of a Naturalist. This poem is about Heaney as a young child,exploring a field. He comes crosswise frogspawn and remembers when histeacher would tell him about how the Daddy frog was called a son of a bitchfrog, and how the mammy frog laid hundreds of little eggs and thiswas frogspawn. Heaney then writes about when he used to steal thefrog spawn and drop it into a jam jar for school, and how he wouldwatch them grow into tadpoles. When he finishes describing what hedid, Heaney starts a new stanza. The mood changes in stanza in thisstanza. Heaney describes the f rogs as angry, and that they werecroaking in a way he had never perceive The air was thick with a basschorus. Heaney claims in the poem, that the frogs were angry at himfor stealing the frogspawn when he was younger. Heaney sickened,turned and ran. The second poem entitled An Advancement ofLearning. This poem is about Heaney taking a walk along an embankmentand coming across a rat that was crawling out of the river. Heaneywrites I turned down the data track in cold sweat. all the same he comes acrossanother rat. Heaney claims that the rat was staring at him, insidiously listening. He describes the rat having raindrop eyes.Heaney stares back at the rat forgetting how he used to panic whenhe lived on a farm. The rat ... ...In conclusion, the chief(prenominal) similarities between the three poems are inthe language used. By this I mean that of particular phrases such aswar wrangle and the usage of similes and alliteration and the fact thatthey are all about animals and fear. The main differences are thatThe Early Purges is a different structure to the other devil poems. Ihave learnt about parts of Seamus Heaneys childhood and his make dowith fear. I have also learnt different techniques to use in poems,for example alliteration. I have enjoyed the excitement Heaney buildsup in each poem. My dearie poem is An Advancement of Learningbecause I stern understand and ascertain everything Heaney describes. Alsoit is my most preferred poem due to the fact I can relate toconfronting a fear and not having a path to turn to and then the fearswam away from me, so I can relate to the story.