Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Biographical: An American poet in the 19th century, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a romantic who also trifled with many European literary styles. In his youth Longfellow’s father was a seaman which helps explain why the sea is such a widely used motif in his work. Additionally, when he was 13, he published his first poem in “Portland Gazette” anonymously, but was shattered when he overheard a friend’s father complaining how terrible the poem was. Nevertheless, Longfellow pursued his interests in literature and began to study overseas in Europe where he came to learn seven languages and heavily study other poets and artists. Because of these travels, Longfellow became an extremely diverse writer while he also
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On his mother’s side Heaney had many industrial influences growing up, yet his father’s business was cattle and Heaney too lived in the countryside for much of his youth. Because of these conflictions, much of his poetry deals with inner struggles as a recurrent theme and nature becoming a motif reminiscent of his years working at his family's farm. Born in 1939, Heaney also grew up seeing the aftereffects of World War II in Europe and even seeing American soldiers stationed close to his family’s farm which heavily impacted his future works. After his time spent on a farm, however, Heaney transitioned from his work farming to higher education when he received a scholarship for a Catholic boarding school. This movement is reflected often in his poetry as Heaney describes it as the transition from “the earth of farm labour to the heaven of education.” Fed by surrounding poets who also wrote about this conflict, Heaney composed many poems about the conflict between religion and politics created by the Irish society he lived in. Throughout Heaney’s works he deals with many recurring themes surrounding balance and conflict between many things from religious and political lines to the effects of industry on nature.
Seamus Heaney - Biographical". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 7 Nov 2017.
Ada Limón
On his mother’s side Heaney had many industrial influences growing up, yet his father’s business was cattle and Heaney too lived in the countryside for much of his youth. Because of these conflictions, much of his poetry deals with inner struggles as a recurrent theme and nature becoming a motif reminiscent of his years working at his family's farm. Born in 1939, Heaney also grew up seeing the aftereffects of World War II in Europe and even seeing American soldiers stationed close to his family’s farm which heavily impacted his future works. After his time spent on a farm, however, Heaney transitioned from his work farming to higher education when he received a scholarship for a Catholic boarding school. This movement is reflected often in his poetry as Heaney describes it as the transition from “the earth of farm labour to the heaven of education.” Fed by surrounding poets who also wrote about this conflict, Heaney composed many poems about the conflict between religion and politics created by the Irish society he lived in. Throughout Heaney’s works he deals with many recurring themes surrounding balance and conflict between many things from religious and political lines to the effects of industry on nature.
Seamus Heaney - Biographical". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 7 Nov 2017.
Ada Limón