Anahorish

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Anahorish is a poem by Seamus Heaney that evokes the landscape and memories of his rural Northern Irish childhood through rich, place-based imagery.

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instanceOf poem ⓘ
associatedWith Seamus Heaney’s early work ⓘ
Troubles-era Northern Irish writing ⓘ
author Seamus Heaney ⓘ
collectionPublicationYear 1972 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Northern Ireland ⓘ
depicts childhood memories ⓘ
rural Northern Irish landscape ⓘ
explores emotional attachment to landscape ⓘ
relationship between Irish and English place-names ⓘ
firstPublicationDecade 1970s ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
hasCriticalReputation considered a key early Heaney poem ⓘ
widely anthologized ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Northern Irish Catholic rural community ⓘ
hasForm short lyric poem ⓘ
includedInCollection Wintering Out ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement contemporary Irish poetry ⓘ
literaryTechnique alliteration ⓘ
assonance ⓘ
enjambment ⓘ
free verse ⓘ
imagery ⓘ
sensory detail ⓘ
partOf Heaney’s sequence of place-name poems ⓘ
publisherOfCollection Faber and Faber ⓘ
relatedWork Broagh ⓘ
The Forge ⓘ
The Tollund Man ⓘ
settingLocation County Derry ⓘ
linked to: County Londonderry

rural Northern Ireland ⓘ
studiedIn Irish literature courses ⓘ
modern poetry courses ⓘ
subjectOf academic analysis ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
theme identity ⓘ
landscape ⓘ
language and naming ⓘ
place and memory ⓘ
titleRefersTo place-name from Heaney's childhood region ⓘ

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Wintering Out → hasPoem → Anahorish ⓘ