Understanding 'Death of a Naturalist' by Seamus Heaney
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I can explain the story that the poem tells, as well as how the poem is used as a metaphor.
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Seamus Heaney's 'Death of a Naturalist' tells the story of a young child who frequents a flax-dam to observe the nature.
The naturalist is the young speaker, whose enthusiasm and love of nature "dies" in the poem.
The speaker's intrigue and excitement for nature is replaced by a fear of nature.
The poem could be a metaphor for growing older and becoming more disillusioned with the world around you.
Arguably, the adult frogs could represent the ugliness of the adult world.
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