Poetry appreciation of Death of a naturalist Essay -- English Literatu

Poetry appreciation of Death of a naturalistThis poem Death of a natural scientist by Seamus Heaney is about thelifecycle of frogs and a squirts interest in genius. As the chelagrows up he looses interest in all aspects of nature. It is as ifDeath of a Naturalist was referring to the loss of innocence of thechild and the love of nature he once had died inside him. Not onlythat, he now has respect for nature but not necessarily disliking itnor loving it either.The atmosphere of the first stanza is quite an positive. A phrase much(prenominal) asThere were dragon-flies, spotted butterflies, suggests a happy moodand refers to pleasant memories to Heaney as a child. Diction such asthe warm thick slobber indicates to me the child-likeness theme ofthis poem. Which proves that it is from an adults perspective lookingback at his childhood. Heaney has done this by employ the child-likevocabulary as well as a more(prenominal)(prenominal) composite and mature tone to the poem. Hehas don e this so that we as the reviewer can recognise the difference ofthe fascination of a child and a simpler explanation of things from anadult. For example as the first stanza draws to a close we gip thatby frogs we can tell the weather For they were yellow in the sun andbrown/in rain. This is the typical child learning something new inschool, and then assuming they know it all. From that I get the imageof the child telling its mother mum did you know Where as an adultwould overleap it as merely a fact.By the warrant stanza the poem takes a rather dark turn. All thepositivity in the first stanza has been replaced with a sinister andmorbid tone. The beginning of the stanza Then one hot dayfieldswere rank suggests the dramatic change in ... ...tschanged and I completed that the poem was not all about frogs. It was acase of reading material between the lines. Heaneys overall message fascinatedme and urged me to delve more into the subject of loss of innocence.Which set me on a c all for of thought. One thing in particular that madethe poem more enjoyable for myself was Heaneys flair for style. Theway in which he concentrates on the onomatopoeia in the poem is veryeffective. As I had not antecedently read any other of Heaneys poemsthis immediately drew my attention. other thing I liked was theimages he created in my mind. One of those images were (in the secondstanza) a battlefield where the child is on one side and the frogs are his opposition and the frogs are invading the land-similar to awar scenario. Therefore I would highly recommend this poet simply forHeaneys unique style of writing.