Ringing a bell solemnly. to announce sad news
With a sense of ease and understanding
An emotionally difficult situation
Made an affectionate noise
To restrict blood flowing from a wound
A type of flower, symbolic of hope and commemoration
Bright and over the top
A baby's cot
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Heaney presents nature as unforgiving yet fascinating. The child is drawn in by the imagery, regarddless of the fact that he/she is surrounded by imagery that is ‘festered’, ‘rotted’, ‘sweltered’ and ‘punishing’. Over the course of the poem,...
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He wants to experience every bit of the day and be a person of action, pure action (verb is an action word). Quicken here means to give life to.
