The Context of "Bogland"
About this Poem:
This is one of Heaney’s bog poems which he wrote after discoveries were made in Ireland of people and animal bodies preserved in some of the bogs.
To learn more, read the essay on this poem.
This is one of Heaney’s bog poems which he wrote after discoveries were made in Ireland of people and animal bodies preserved in some of the bogs.
To learn more, read the essay on this poem.
Definitions:
Tarn - a small steep-banked mountain lake or pool
Peat - partially carbonized vegetable tissue formed by partial decomposition in water of various plants
Peat - partially carbonized vegetable tissue formed by partial decomposition in water of various plants
"No prairies"
This refers to the landscape of Ireland: many bogs
Great Irish Elk
One of the largest deer to ever live, now extinct; ranged from Ireland to Russia