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1
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Who wrote ‘Death of a Naturalist’?

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Seamus Heaney

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When was ‘Death of a Naturalist’ written?

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1966

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What does the speaker in ‘Death of a Naturalist’ give?

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retrospective account of childhood

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What is a naturalist?

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someone who loves nature

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When did Seamus Heaney win a nobel prize for literature?

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1995

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Where is Seamus Heaney from?

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Northern Ireland

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How do we know that ‘Death of a Naturalist’ might be autobiographical?

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Seamus Heaney grew up in the countryside

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What is the structure of ‘Death of a Naturalist’ like?

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2 contrasting stanza
free verse
enjambment

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How does Seamus Heaney present childhood through structure?

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free verse
enjambment

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How does Seamus Heaney present childhood through language?

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juvenile language

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How does Seamus Heaney present the end of childhood through imagery?

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militaristic imagery

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How does Seamus Heaney present the end of childhood through mood and tone?

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dark tone at end of poem

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How does Seamus Heaney present childhood through imagery?

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sensory imagery

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How does Seamus Heaney present the end of childhood through language?

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semantic field of disgust and revenge

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How does Seamus Heaney present the end of childhood through structrue?

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2 contrasting stanzas

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What does the use of free verse suggest about change in ‘Death of a Naturalist’?

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unpredictable

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What are the two contrasting attitudes in ‘Death of a Naturalist’?

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fascination then
disgust

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How is nature presented in ‘Death of a Naturalist’?

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joyous then
threatening

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finish the quote : ‘all year the..

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…flax-dam festered’

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finish the quote : ‘green and..

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…heavy headed flax’

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finish the quote : ‘flax had…

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…rotted there’

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What are the key semantic fields in ‘Death of a Naturalist’?

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heaviness
decay
growth
threat

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finish the quote : ‘weighted..

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…down by huge sods’

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finish the quote : ‘daily it…

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…sweltered’

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finish the quote : 'in the...
...punishing sun'
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finish the quote : 'bubbles...
...gargled delicately'
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finish the quote : 'bluebottles...
...wove'
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finish the quote : 'wove a...
...strong gauze'
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finish the quote : 'strong gauze of...
...sound around the smell'
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finish the quote : 'there were...
...dragonflies, spotted butterflies
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complete the quote : '...of all'
'but best...'
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finish the quote : 'warm thick..
...slobber of frogspawn'
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finish the quote : 'grew like...
...clotted water'
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finish the quote : 'I would fill...
....jampotfuls'
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finish the quote : 'jampotfuls of...
....jellied specks'
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finish the quote : 'wait and...
....watch'
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finish the quote : 'fattening dots...
...burst'
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finish the quote : 'burst into...
...nimble swimming tadpoles'
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finish the quote : 'nimble...
...swimming tadpoles'
40
What is the teacher called in 'Death of a Naturalist'?
Miss Walls
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finish the quote : 'the daddy frog...
...was called a bull frog'
42
finish the quote : 'and how he...
...croaked and'
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finish the quote : 'and how the....
...mammy frog'
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finish the quote : 'laid...
...hundreds of little eggs'
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What does the repetition of 'and' create?
childhood innocence
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finish the quote : 'you could...
...tell the weather by frogs'
47
finish the quote : 'brown in...
....rain'
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How does Seamus Heaney create the change between fascination and disgust?
'in rain' ominous isolated
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finish the quote : 'when fields were...
...rank'
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finish the quote : 'with cowdung...
...in the grass'
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finish the quote : 'angry...
...frogs invaded the flax-dam'
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finish the quote : 'I ducked...
...through hedges'
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finish the quote : 'a coarse...
...croaking'
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finish the quote : 'that I...
...had not heard before'
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finish the quote : 'the air was..
...thick with a bass chorus'
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finish the quote : 'gross-bellied..
...frogs were cocked'
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finish the quote : 'the slap...
...and plop were obscene threats'
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finish the quote : 'some sat...
...poised'
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finish the quote : 'like mud...
...grenades'
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finish the quote : 'their blunt heads...
...farting'
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finish the quote : 'I sickened,
turned, and ran'
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finish the quote : 'the great...
...slime kings'
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finish the quote : 'gathered...
...for vengenance'
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finish the quote : 'if I dipped my hand...
...the spawn would clutch it'
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finish the quote : 'spawn would...
...clutch it'
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What is the significance of the title?
left behind in youth revenge
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What does Heaney connect?
landscape / rural with Irish history - Irish conflict and tribal violence
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What response does Heaney give?
post romantic response to nature and world
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What religious ideas occur in Death of a Naturalist?
Post Lapsarian world fallen into sin
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Give a quote from Heaney
there are two ways in which place is known and cherished ; one is lived, illiterate and unconscious, the other learned, literate and conscious

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