death of a naturalist

Question 1

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Answer 1

at the beginning heaney uses the imagery of a child’s fascination with nature as a vehicle to reveal how nature in its purest form represntgs a source off innocence and wonder

as the poem progresses, heaney sets the disturbing transformation of frogs to symbolise how the passage of time leads to a loss of innocence. inevitable growth childhood to adolescence

as th poem comes to a close heaney uses the the threatening imagery of the frogs to represent how nature, once a source of fascination becomes a force of alienation as the leaker matures . marks the end of childhood innocence, growing awareness of complexities and harshness of the world driven by time

Question 2

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Answer 2

all year the flax dam festered in the heart

vile adjective festered to show that something has become rotten within the heart
refers to the love for nature rotting in his own heart
foreshadowing the disparity between himself and nature that grew as he got olde

initially presented as a place full of life and intrigue, symbolise child’s innocent curiosity about nature

Question 3

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Answer 3

weighted down by huge sods

stresss that await him in adulthood
imagery of mourning his love for nature

Question 4

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Answer 4

daily it sweltered in the punishing sun

adjective foreshadows later violent perspective of nature as adult

powerful an unrelenting sumer
confrontational tone, contrasts described fantasy of nature as pleasing

Question 5

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Answer 5

i ducked through hedges to a coarse croaking that I had not heard before

ducked implies he’s frightened and trying to save himself + avoidance of nature

alliteration of coarse croaking

rough and unsettling sensation for readers
through senses of hearing and touch, nature is starting to feel uncomfortable

Question 6

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Answer 6

air was thick with a bass chorus

metaphor emphasise deep and overbearing power that air had over the notator

forces of nature united to scare off heaney

Question 7

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Answer 7

some hopped; the slap and plop were obscene threats

lively imagery, dialogue of children, negativ

obscene= offended heaney, intimidated them
comparison of frog noises ad threats emphasis how he want from loving nature to despising it

Question 8

3 points doan

Answer 8

romantics his childhood adoration of nature whilst foreshadowing his later separation from it

bring attention to the discomfort brought upon him by nature as he grows older

reveal that nature has superiority over him that he fears, disenchantment behind nature he discovered as he has matured