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 NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Ireland
criticalReception highly regarded in Heaney scholarship
describes life at a rural retreat
the Wicklow landscape
the creative process
firstPublishedIn Field Work NERFINISHED
form sonnet
genre autobiographical poetry
lyric poetry
hasMeter predominantly iambic pentameter
hasPart Glanmore Sonnet I NERFINISHED
Glanmore Sonnet II NERFINISHED
Glanmore Sonnet III NERFINISHED
Glanmore Sonnet IV NERFINISHED
Glanmore Sonnet IX NERFINISHED
Glanmore Sonnet V NERFINISHED
Glanmore Sonnet VI NERFINISHED
Glanmore Sonnet VII NERFINISHED
Glanmore Sonnet VIII NERFINISHED
Glanmore Sonnet X NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1979
publisher Faber and Faber NERFINISHED
rhymeScheme varied and flexible sonnet rhyme schemes
settingCountry Ireland NERFINISHED
settingLocation Glanmore, County Wicklow NERFINISHED

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