1. Seamus Heaney's
With the second and third line, it is revealed that the fishermen have "Netted an infant last night/Along with the salmon" (2-3). ... The infant is also framed to be less of a human being and similar or equal to the fish caught the night before because they are mentioned together with "Along". ... "But I'm sure/As she stood in the shallows/ Ducking him tenderly/Till the frozen knobs of her wrists/Were dead as the gravel,/He was a minnow with hooks/Tearing her open" (6-12). ... However by using the word "tenderly" and by using metaphors to illustrate...
- Word Count: 1097
- Approx Pages: 4
- Grade Level: Undergraduate