SEAMUS HEANEY PAST PAPER CONTEXT N QUESTIONS

SEAMUS HEANEY PAST PAPER CONTEXT

Now to pry into roots, to finger slime
To stare, big eyed Narcissus, into some spring
Is beneath all adult dignity, I rhyme
To see myself, to set the darkness echoing. (2004) PERSONAL HELICON

A shadow bobbed in the window
He was snapping the carrier spring
Over the ledger. His boot pushed off
And the bicycle ticked, ticked, ticked.(2005) A CONSTABLE CALLS

He had unstrapped
The heavy ledger, and my father
Was making till age returns
In acres, roods and perches.(2006) A CONSTABLE CALLS

Out there in Jutland
In the old man-killing parishes
I will feel lost,
Unhappy and at home(2008) THE TOLLUND MAN

Now to pry into roots, to finger slime
To stare big eyed Narcissus, into some spring
Is beneath all adult dignity, I rhyme
To see myself, to set the darken echoing.(2009) PERSONAL HELICON

A shadow bobbed in the window,
He was snapping the carrier spring
Over the ledger. His boot pushed off
And the bicycle ticked, ticked, ticked.(2009-SUPP) A CONSTABLE CALLS

I love hushed air. I trust contrariness
Years and years go past and I do not move
For I see that when one man casts, the other gathers
And then vice verse, without changing sides.(2010) CASTING AND GATHERING
Sowers of seed, erectors of headstones....
O charioteers, above your dormant guns,
It stands here still, stands vibrant as you pass,
The invisible, untoppled omphalos.(2010) THE TOOME ROAD

Out there is Jutland
In the old man-killing parishes
I will feel lost, Unhappy and at home.(2010-SUPP) THE TOLLUND MAN

Something of his sad freedom
As he rode the tumbrel
Should come to me, driving,
Saying names .....(2011) THE TOLLUND MAN

I could risk blasphemy,
Consecrate the cauldron bog
Our holy ground and prey
Him to make germinate ----(2011-SUPP) THE TOLLUND MAN

Now, to pry into roots, to finger slime,
To stare, big-eyed Narcissus, into some spring
Is beneath all adult dignity. I rhyme
To see myself, to set the darkness echoing (2012) PERSONAL HELICON

Out there is Jutland
In the old man-killing parishes
I will feel lost,
Unhappy and at home.(2012-SUPP) THE TOLLUND MAN

Someday I will go to Arhus
To see his peat-brown head,
The mild pods of his eyelids,
His pointed skin cap, ...(2013) THE TOLLUND MAN

Something of his sad freedom
As he rode the tumbrel
Should come to me, driving,...(2014) THE TOLLUND MAN
He had unstrappped
The heavy ledger, and my father was making tillage
returns in acres, roods and perches. (2015) A CONSTABLE CALLS

I could risk blasphemy,
Consecrate the cauldron bog
Our holy ground and prey (2016) THE TOLLUND MAN

PAST PAPER QUESTIONS

1. Critically examine one of the following poems by Seamus Heaney:
(i) A Constable Calls (ii) The Tollund Man (2004)
2. Discuss Bardic quality in the poems of Seamus Heaney.(2005)
3. What are the various themes in the poems of Seamus Heaney you have read?(2006)
4. Heaney's 'A Constable Calls' is based on memory. It talks of distrust and fear. Elaborate.(2007)
5. Heaney digs into the past with his 'squat pen'. Explain.(2008)
6. Illustrate Heaney's relationship with Ireland with close reference to "Toome Road" and "Casting and Gathering".(2009)
7. Heaney's metaphors are sensuously alive. Discuss with reference to 'Personal Helicon' and 'Tollund Man'.(2010)
8. Draw closely on 'Tollund Man' and 'Toome Road' to discuss Heaney as an Irish poet.(2010-SUPP)
9. 'Toome Road' and 'Casting and Gathering' exemplify Heaney's positive vision of Ireland. Explain.(2011)
10. How does Heaney's poetry exemplify his relationship with his land?(2011-SUPP)
11. Heaney's poetry explores man's relationship with history. Discuss. (Heaney)(2012)
12. Discuss the position of the speaker in any two poems of Heaney from your syllabus. (S. Heaney)(2012-SUPP)
13. How does "Tollund Man" describe the anxiety of Heaney as an Irish writer?(2013)
14. Discuss Heaney's perspective on Ireland in 'Toome Road' and 'Casting and Gathering'.(2014)
15. What value does Heaney ascribe to contrariness in Irish scenario? Illustrate with detailed reference to at least two of his poems.(2015)
16. What according to Heaney is the role of curiosity and fear in the development of an artist?(2016)