Blackberry Picking (Junior Cert English): Flashcards
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Author of 'Blackberry Picking'
Author of 'Blackberry Picking'
Seamus Heaney
First major theme in 'Blackberry Picking'
First major theme in 'Blackberry Picking'
Childhood Innocence
What do children do in the poem?
What do children do in the poem?
Eagerly pick blackberries
Metaphor: blackberries as
Metaphor: blackberries as
Summer's blood
Children's 'lust for picking' reflects
Children's 'lust for picking' reflects
Enthusiasm & innocence of youth
First stanza captures
First stanza captures
Pure joy and innocence
Second major theme
Second major theme
Wisdom and Acceptance
Poem shifts from joy to
Poem shifts from joy to
Harsh reality of decay
The shift represents
The shift represents
Youth to maturity
Berry transformation signifies
Berry transformation signifies
Loss of innocence
Speaker's wisdom: 'Each year I hoped...'
Speaker's wisdom: 'Each year I hoped...'
they'd keep, knew they would not
Poem's view on decay
Poem's view on decay
Natural part of life, beyond control