How does Heaney’s writing powerfully portray a farm-worker in Follower
How does Heaney’s writing powerfully portray a farm-worker in Follower
One way that Heaney’s writing portrays a farm-worker is through the description of hard work through the body and its effort. One instance of this is demonstrated when Heaney describes his father and how his “shoulders globed”. This shows powerfully a farm worker because it enables us to get an understanding of how hard they work as well as what they do. “Globed” illustrates the man’s shoulders to have curved from the difficult work in which he has endured. This powerfully portrays a farm-worker because they are renowned for working hard and in this case so much so that his body has in fact deformed into a different shape. Furthermore he describes the globed shoulders to be like a “full sail strung” and as can be imagined a sail bends in the wind into a curve and for someone’s shoulders to be described as this produces the image of years of hard work and determination while working on the farm by the father Another instance of this is shown when Heaney describes the “sweating team” which is the horses who are ploughing the land. This is effective because it portrays how every working person or animal works as hard as they can for the farm. It is powerful because it gives us an insight as to how hard everyone works and the close feel among all beings on the farm. Another way Heaney powerfully portrays a farm-worker through his writing is with his use of technical language and therefore his familiarity with the work of his father. This is demonstrated in the first stanza when Heaney describes the “shafts and the furrow”. These terms are solely in regards to farming and show how he must spend a lot of time on the farm and therefore show the farm-worker aspect of this poem. Another indication of language used by Heaney to portray a farm-worker is when he describes how to actually achieve certain things on the farm through different techniques. He does this when outlining how he wants to
One way that Heaney’s writing portrays a farm-worker is through the description of hard work through the body and its effort. One instance of this is demonstrated when Heaney describes his father and how his “shoulders globed”. This shows powerfully a farm worker because it enables us to get an understanding of how hard they work as well as what they do. “Globed” illustrates the man’s shoulders to have curved from the difficult work in which he has endured. This powerfully portrays a farm-worker because they are renowned for working hard and in this case so much so that his body has in fact deformed into a different shape. Furthermore he describes the globed shoulders to be like a “full sail strung” and as can be imagined a sail bends in the wind into a curve and for someone’s shoulders to be described as this produces the image of years of hard work and determination while working on the farm by the father Another instance of this is shown when Heaney describes the “sweating team” which is the horses who are ploughing the land. This is effective because it portrays how every working person or animal works as hard as they can for the farm. It is powerful because it gives us an insight as to how hard everyone works and the close feel among all beings on the farm. Another way Heaney powerfully portrays a farm-worker through his writing is with his use of technical language and therefore his familiarity with the work of his father. This is demonstrated in the first stanza when Heaney describes the “shafts and the furrow”. These terms are solely in regards to farming and show how he must spend a lot of time on the farm and therefore show the farm-worker aspect of this poem. Another indication of language used by Heaney to portray a farm-worker is when he describes how to actually achieve certain things on the farm through different techniques. He does this when outlining how he wants to