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Follower by S Heaney

Quotes & Questions based on the poem 'Follower' by Seamus Heaney

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Follower by Seamus Heaney
My father worked with a horse-plough,
His shoulders globed like a full sail strung
Between the shafts and the furrow.
The horses strained at his clicking tongue.
I was a nuisance, tripping, falling,
Yapping always. But today
It is my father who keeps stumbling
Behind me, and will not go away.
Who wrote this poem? Seamus Heaney
What is the theme? Relationship with his father or Childhood Memory or Changing Roles (his and his father's)
Examples of Alliteration are? 'Worked with,' 'sail strung',
Examples of Sibilance are? 'His shoulders', 'horses strained,' 'keeps stumbling
Example of Repetition is? 'My father'
Examples of Imagery are? 'My father worked with a horse plough,' 'It is my father who keeps stumbling behind me'
Examples of Simile are? 'Shoulders globed like a full sail'
Example of Onomatopoeia is? 'clicking'
Example of Hyperbole is? 'I was... yapping always'
Example of Personification is? 'clicking tongue'
Example of Enjambment is? 'Shoulders globed like a full sail strung/Between the shafts and the furrow.' 'But today/It is my fathers who keeps stumbling/Behind me'
What senses does Heaney refer to? Sense of sight through the imagery, sense of sound through onomatopoeia, repetition, sibilance
Examples of Assonance are? 'his clicking,' 'Yapping always,' 'Behind me'
What Mood do you think is evident in the poem? Nostalgic as the poet admires his father. He is proud of his dad - 'My father' (Repetition), 'shoulders globed' (Simile). At the end the poet shows regret that as an adult he is not as close to his dad - 'my father... keeps stumbling (Sibilance)
Created by: MF00
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