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Author of 'Blackberry-Picking'
Author of 'Blackberry-Picking'
Seamus Heaney
Heaney's life span
Heaney's life span
1939-2013
Year Heaney won Nobel Prize in Literature
Year Heaney won Nobel Prize in Literature
1995
Heaney's nationality
Heaney's nationality
Irish
Number of stanzas in 'Blackberry-Picking'
Number of stanzas in 'Blackberry-Picking'
Two
Three themes in 'Blackberry-Picking'
Three themes in 'Blackberry-Picking'
Desire, transience, loss of innocence
Setting time period of poem
Setting time period of poem
Late August
Tone of first stanza
Tone of first stanza
Joy and excitement
Tone of second stanza
Tone of second stanza
Disappointment
Conditions for blackberries to ripen
Conditions for blackberries to ripen
Heavy rain and sun
Colour of first ripe berry
Colour of first ripe berry
Glossy purple
What covers the rotting berries
What covers the rotting berries
Rat-grey fungus
Containers used for picking berries
Containers used for picking berries
Milk cans and jam-pots