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A childhood memory of frogs and flax-dam in rural Ireland. The poet recalls the disgust and fear he felt when he saw the frogs' spawn and their aggressive behavior.
A poem by Seamus Heaney about the transition from childhood to adolescence and the relationship between human beings and nature. The poem explores the speaker's fascination and disgust with the natural world, using images of frogs, dragonflies, and slime. Themes include innocence, experience, and nature.
Death of a Naturalist (1966) is a collection of poems written by Seamus Heaney, who received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. The collection was Heaney's first major published volume, and includes ideas that he had presented at meetings of The Belfast Group.
- Seamus Heaney
- 58 pp
- 1966
- 1966
A poem that captures a child's fascination and fear of nature in the Irish countryside. Learn about the context, structure, form, and literary devices of this classic poem by Seamus Heaney.
- Female
- English And French Teacher
Heaney’s sly, unsettling “Death of a Naturalist” tells the story of a bad experience that transformed the speaker’s childhood fascination with nature into fear and awe.
A summary and analysis of the title poem in Heaney's debut poetry collection, published in 1966. The poem explores how the young Heaney's fascination with frogs in the flax-dam changes to horror and disgust as he grows older. The poem uses imagery, language and symbolism to capture the themes of coming-of-age, adolescence and sexual awakening.
Death of a Naturalist é um poema em versos em branco que faz uma retrospectiva da infância, contrastando a inocência de um menino com a desilusão na percepção da natureza. A morte é metafórica: o menino perde o amor pela natureza quando o medo invade sua mente por causa das rãs ameaçadoras 'engatilhadas'.
