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A Singing Contest

- Conventions of Sound in the Poetry of Seamus Heaney

About A Singing Contest

Incorporating readings of Heaney's elegies, pastoral eclogues and sonnets, this book presents a formal analysis which comprises close readings of Seamus Heaney's poetry. By a detailed structural analysis of diction, meter, imagery and generic form, it considers the interplay between different kinds of literary tradition and community in poetry.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780415975391
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 228
  • Published:
  • July 25, 2005
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x18 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 430 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: December 8, 2024

Description of A Singing Contest

Incorporating readings of Heaney's elegies, pastoral eclogues and sonnets, this book presents a formal analysis which comprises close readings of Seamus Heaney's poetry. By a detailed structural analysis of diction, meter, imagery and generic form, it considers the interplay between different kinds of literary tradition and community in poetry.

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