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The Spirit Level

Seamus Heaney
4.14/5 (946 ratings)
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The title of Seamus Heaney's first collection of poetry since winning the Nobel Prize in 1995 is the term used in Ireland for a carpenter's level, an earthy physical allusion to matters of spirit that is quintessential Heaney. And indeed this volume deals masterfully with the finding of a level balancing point in ethical, moral, and spiritual affairs. Heaney has famously likened his craft to the farming activities of his childhood, comparing his pen to his father's spade; here he extends that analogy, comparing the lines of a poem to furrows being plowed in the earth, and "the poem as ploughshare that turns time/ Up and over." Heaney's furrows are straight and clean, his loamy lines abundantly fertile.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
80 pages
Publication:
2021
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0571178227
ISBN13:
9780571178223
kindle Asin:
B00HBQRNSS

The Spirit Level

Seamus Heaney
4.14/5 (946 ratings)
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The title of Seamus Heaney's first collection of poetry since winning the Nobel Prize in 1995 is the term used in Ireland for a carpenter's level, an earthy physical allusion to matters of spirit that is quintessential Heaney. And indeed this volume deals masterfully with the finding of a level balancing point in ethical, moral, and spiritual affairs. Heaney has famously likened his craft to the farming activities of his childhood, comparing his pen to his father's spade; here he extends that analogy, comparing the lines of a poem to furrows being plowed in the earth, and "the poem as ploughshare that turns time/ Up and over." Heaney's furrows are straight and clean, his loamy lines abundantly fertile.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
80 pages
Publication:
2021
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0571178227
ISBN13:
9780571178223
kindle Asin:
B00HBQRNSS

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