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Clearances- S Heaney

Quotes & Questions based on the poem 'When all the Others' by Seamus Heaney

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When all the others were away at Mass
I was all hers as we peeled potatoes.
They broke the silence, let fall one by one
Like solder weeping off the soldering iron:
Cold comforts set between us, things to share
So while the parish priest at her bedside
Went hammer and tongs at the prayers for the dying
And some were responding and some crying
I remembered her head bent towards my head,
Her breath in mine, our fluent dipping knives—
Never closer the whole rest of our lives.
What is the name of the poem? When All The Others
Who wrote this poem? Seamus Heaney
What is the theme of the poem Childhood memories, Relationship (with his mother), Heaney's family, Death
An example of Repetition is 'one,' 'and some were,' 'her,' 'head'
An example of a Simile is? 'Like solder weeping off the soldering iron'
Examples of Alliteration are? 'peeled potatoes,' 'cold comforts,' 'parish priest,' 'her head'
Examples of Assonance are? 'the others were,' 'away at Mass,' 'was all,' 'we peeled potatoes'
Examples of Sibilance are? 'was all hers as,' 'comforts set... us, things... share'
Examples of Onomatopoeia are? 'responding,' 'dipping
Example of Personification is? 'weeping off the soldering iron'
Example of Metaphor is? 'Parish priest.../ went hammer and tongs at the prayers for the dying'
Example of Enjambment is? 'Parish priest at her bedside/Went hammer and tongs at the prayers for the dying/And some were responding...
What is the mood of the poem? Nostalgic at the beginning and end 'When all the others' and 'I remembered her'. Grieving - 'and some were responding and some crying' and 'never closer the whole rest of our lives'
Created by: MF00
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