Opened Ground (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Seamus Heaney
- First Published: 1998
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Family or family life, Politics, Poetry or poets, Violence, War, Death or dying, Life and death, Ireland or Irish people
In the thirty years covered by this collection, which spans the poet’s ouevre from Death of a Naturalist (1966) through Spirit Level (1996), Seamus Heaney has grown into a major voice, first in Irish and then in world poetry. These poems document that growth and at the same time demonstrate the consistency of his Irish voice in his diction, his frequent use of Irish settings, and his use of his own life in Ireland as a vehicle for themes dealing with history and his place in the land. “Digging,” the first poem in the collection, articulates that interlacing of...
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