Analysing the poem 'Follower' by Seamus Heaney
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I can explore how Heaney presents the admiration found in a parental relationship and how this changes over time.
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Heaney uses imagery to convey the sense of wonder, awe and admiration felt towards a parental figure.
Heaney uses powerful verbs to suggest how the speaker felt inadequate when with his father.
Heaney uses the resolution to reveal how the roles of the father and son are reversed in their later years.
The stable rhyme scheme could mirror the stable nature of parental support the speaker felt.
Heaney’s use of caesura could indicate a turning point in the poem at the end of stanzas 2 and 6.
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