Punishment by Seamus Heaney (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Year 'Punishment' published
Year 'Punishment' published
1975 in collection 'North'
Form of 'Punishment'
Form of 'Punishment'
Free verse
Structure of 'Punishment'
Structure of 'Punishment'
11 quatrains (four-line stanzas)
Bog body inspiring 'Punishment'
Bog body inspiring 'Punishment'
Windeby I from Germany
Speaker describes self as
Speaker describes self as
'the artful voyeur'
The Troubles timeframe
The Troubles timeframe
1968-1998
Final phrase in 'Punishment'
Final phrase in 'Punishment'
'tribal, intimate revenge'
Central message of 'Punishment'
Central message of 'Punishment'
Violence repeats across history
Year Heaney won Nobel Prize
Year Heaney won Nobel Prize
1995
Perspective shift in poem
Perspective shift in poem
Third-person to second-person to first-person