Glanmore Sonnets

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Glanmore Sonnets is a sequence of autobiographical sonnets by Seamus Heaney reflecting on rural life, memory, and creative renewal at his retreat in Glanmore, County Wicklow.

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instanceOf poem cycle ⓘ
sonnet sequence ⓘ
author Seamus Heaney ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
criticalReception highly regarded in Heaney scholarship ⓘ
describes life at a rural retreat ⓘ
the Wicklow landscape ⓘ
the creative process ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Field Work ⓘ
form sonnet ⓘ
genre autobiographical poetry ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
hasMeter predominantly iambic pentameter ⓘ
hasPart Glanmore Sonnet I ⓘ
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Glanmore Sonnet II ⓘ
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Glanmore Sonnet III ⓘ
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Glanmore Sonnet IV ⓘ
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Glanmore Sonnet IX ⓘ
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Glanmore Sonnet V ⓘ
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Glanmore Sonnet VI ⓘ
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Glanmore Sonnet VII ⓘ
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Glanmore Sonnet VIII ⓘ
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Glanmore Sonnet X ⓘ
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hasSubject childhood recollection ⓘ
personal memory ⓘ
political background of the Troubles (indirectly) ⓘ
includedIn collected editions of Seamus Heaney's poems ⓘ
influencedBy Irish rural tradition ⓘ
Seamus Heaney's move from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement contemporary Irish poetry ⓘ
literaryPeriod late 20th century literature ⓘ
mainTheme creative renewal ⓘ
exile and return ⓘ
landscape and nature ⓘ
marriage and domestic life ⓘ
memory ⓘ
poetic vocation ⓘ
rural life ⓘ
notableFor evocation of Irish rural soundscape and imagery ⓘ
exploration of poetic self-renewal ⓘ
fusion of domestic detail and metaphysical reflection ⓘ
numberOfPoems 10 ⓘ
partOf Field Work ⓘ
publicationYear 1979 ⓘ
publisher Faber and Faber ⓘ
rhymeScheme varied and flexible sonnet rhyme schemes ⓘ
settingCountry Ireland ⓘ
settingLocation Glanmore, County Wicklow ⓘ

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Field Work → hasPoem → Glanmore Sonnets ⓘ
Field Work → notablePoem → Glanmore Sonnets ⓘ
Glanmore Sonnets → hasPart → Glanmore Sonnet I ⓘ
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Glanmore Sonnets → hasPart → Glanmore Sonnet II ⓘ
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Glanmore Sonnets → hasPart → Glanmore Sonnet III ⓘ
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Glanmore Sonnets → hasPart → Glanmore Sonnet IV ⓘ
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Glanmore Sonnets → hasPart → Glanmore Sonnet V ⓘ
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Glanmore Sonnets → hasPart → Glanmore Sonnet VI ⓘ
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Glanmore Sonnets → hasPart → Glanmore Sonnet VII ⓘ
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Glanmore Sonnets → hasPart → Glanmore Sonnet VIII ⓘ
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Glanmore Sonnets → hasPart → Glanmore Sonnet IX ⓘ
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Glanmore Sonnets → hasPart → Glanmore Sonnet X ⓘ
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