Death of a Naturalist Analysis Essay -- essays research papers

Death of a NaturalistThe poem, like Seamus Heaneys work, is real nature minded in terms of context. However, he describes the salientians in a very evil, sinister, and menacing way. It is about a child who collects frog cause from the dam and collects it in jars. He is innocent and unaware of the evil that lurks in the frog spawn. We can see in the poem that the boy is young, when he remembers his teacher teaching him about the frogs, and his way of calling the frogs Daddy frog and Mammy Frog. The poem heavily appeals to the senses, which describes the more sinister part of nature. Because when people think of nature they usually think of the more bonny parts of it (e.g. mountains etc.) The poems appeal to senses shows how filthy and grubby nature can be describing the sight, smel...