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Analyse the following quote:


'The squat pen rests; snug as a gun'

Gun: suggests that words are extremely powerful.


Snug: established that Heaney has had an easy and comfortable life as a writer; compared to the work his father (and generations previously) have done in the fields.

What quotations supports the intention that Heaney feels slightly embarrassed.

'I looked down'

How do the first two stanzas contrast to the rest of the poem?

The first two stanzas have rhyming couplets and the rest of the poem does not which could suggest that life isn't always what you expect.