Poetry Analysis Digging And Twice Shy - 1190 Words

Danica Capili IB Senior English Ms. Rowe 15 January 2016 Poetry Analysis Paper - Digging Twice Shy Seamus Heaney published â€Å"Digging† and â€Å"Twice Shy† under the same collection of poems from â€Å"Death of a Naturalist† in 1966. The story behind â€Å"Digging† is about the internal conflict Heaney has with himself and the memories of his father working hard in the potato farm while Heaney works hard at digging into his poetry. â€Å"Twice Shy† centers on how a couple communicates their emotions felt from a date that carried meanings. The main theme for â€Å"Digging† is about the conflict Heaney has with his identity, while â€Å"Twice Shy† focuses on disillusionment between the couple. Heaney seems to struggle with realizing his own potential and qualities for something else other than what he and society thinks he should be. As for â€Å"Twice Shy† the couple has experienced the unpleasant romantic situations in the past which lead to hesitancy in a new relationship. The au thor built the theme of identity in â€Å"Digging† and for â€Å"Twice Shy† the newfound love of the couples through the use of imagery, rhyme, and mood. The use of imagery in both poems are used to describe an author’s use of vivid descriptions (Purdue OWL: Literary Terms.) in order to create more depth in their work. Imagery in Digging can be found in the beginning of the poem, it is introduced by a simile - â€Å"The squat pen rests/; snug as a gun.† The pen Heaney has is being compared to a gun which represents his own kind ofShow MoreRelatedIgbo Dictionary129408 Words   |  518 Pagespalatalized consonant. It is not, however, a conclusive argument against the /b/ plus /y/ interpretation, for it can be argued that only the first consonant of a cluster is reduplicated. 3. The palatalized consonant solution draws a parallel with the analysis of kw, gw, etc., as single labialized consonants. But their behaviour is not parallel; thus á »â€¹kwà   (to push) has the imperative kwà  a (and not *kà ¹Ã¯â‚¬ ¨a) and the gerund à ²Ã¯â‚¬ ¤kwà ¹Ã¯â‚¬ ¨kwà   (and not *à ²Ã¯â‚¬ ¤kà ¹Ã¯â‚¬ ¨kwà  ). Again, this is not an argument against the cluster interpretation