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In this video I have discussed summary, analysis and explanation of Irish poem “Exposure” by Irish poet and playwright Seamus Heaney. Exposure by Seamus Heaney was first included in volume of poetry with title “Wintering Out” in 1968, later it was included in “North” published in 1975.
In this video, firstly, I have given brief but evoking introduction of the poem “exposure” in which I have elaborated that this poem was published in 1975, in North, a volume of poetry by Seamus Heaney. The poem “exposure” by Seamus Heaney consists of ten stanzas each of four lines called quatrains. Soon, I have elaborated a brief but invocative introduction of the poet Seamus Heaney. Seamus Heaney remained one of the best poets in history of Ireland after William Butler Yeats.
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I have also given background info of the poem as it was written in the era of political and sectarian violence “Troubles” in Ireland. Further, I have shortly explained it with help of map of North and South Ireland.
Finally I have started the line by line explanation of the poem “Exposure” by Seamus Heaney. I have explained the following lines and have critically evaluated each and every word of the poem.
It is December in Wicklow:
Alders dripping, birches
Inheriting the last light,
The ash tree cold to look at.
A comet that was lost
Should be visible at sunset,
Those million tons of light
Like a glimmer of haws and rose-hips,
And I sometimes see a falling star.
If I could come on meteorite!
Instead I walk through damp leaves,
Husks, the spent flukes of autumn,
Imagining a hero
On some muddy compound,
His gift like a slingstone
Whirled for the desperate.
How did I end up like this?
I often think of my friends’
Beautiful prismatic counselling
And the anvil brains of some who hate me
As I sit weighing and weighing
My responsible tristia.
For what? For the ear? For the people?
For what is said behind-backs?
Rain comes down through the alders,
Its low conductive voices
Mutter about let-downs and erosions
And yet each drop recalls
The diamond absolutes.
I am neither internee nor informer;
An inner migr, grown long-haired
And thoughtful; a wood-kerne
Escaped from the massacre,
Taking protective colouring
From bole and bark, feeling
Every wind that blows;
Who, blowing up these sparks
For their meagre heat, have missed
The once-in-a-lifetime portent,
The comet’s pulsing rose.
This video covers the following topics:
1. Introduction of the poem Exposure by Seamus Heaney
2. Biography of Seamus Heaney
3. Summary of the Poem Exposure by Seamus Heaney
4. Critical Analysis of the poem Exposure by Seamus Heaney
5. Line by line explanation of the poem Exposure by Seamus Heaney
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Time Frame:
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Biography of Seamus Heaney
02:45 Line by line explanation
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