In a way, Anglo-Saxon poetry cannot be translated. Seamus Heaney anglopoetrysaxon Change image and share on social
My point is there's a hidden Scotland in anyone who speaks the Northern Ireland speech. It's a terrific complicating factor, not just in Northern Ireland, but Ireland generally. Seamus Heaney complicatefactorgenerally Change image and share on social
The poet is on the side of undeceiving the world. Seamus Heaney poetsideundeceive Change image and share on social
Then as the years went on and my listening became more deliberate, I would climb up on an arm of our big sofa to get my ear closer to the wireless speaker. Seamus Heaney armbigclimb Change image and share on social
I'm not personally obsessed with death. At a certain age, the light that you live in is inhabited by the shades - it 'tis. Seamus Heaney agedeathinhabit Change image and share on social
I would say that something important for me and for my generation in Northern Ireland was the 1947 Education Act, which allowed students who won scholarships to go on to secondary schools and thence to university. Seamus Heaney actalloweducation share on social
To encounter 'Beowulf' is like taking a sledgehammer to a quarry face. You must bang in there. Seamus Heaney bangbeowulfencounter Change image and share on social
Dylan Thomas is now as much a case history as a chapter in the history of poetry. Seamus Heaney casechapterdylan Change image and share on social
Memory has always been fundamental for me. In fact, remembering what I had forgotten is the way most of the poems get started. Seamus Heaney factforgetfundamental Change image and share on social
