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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poem cycle
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sonnet sequence ⓘ |
| author | Seamus Heaney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly regarded in Heaney scholarship ⓘ |
| describes |
life at a rural retreat
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the Wicklow landscape ⓘ the creative process ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Field Work NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | sonnet ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical poetry
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lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasMeter | predominantly iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Glanmore Sonnet I
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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
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personal memory ⓘ political background of the Troubles (indirectly) ⓘ |
| includedIn | collected editions of Seamus Heaney's poems ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Irish rural tradition
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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
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exile and return ⓘ landscape and nature ⓘ marriage and domestic life ⓘ memory ⓘ poetic vocation ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
| notableFor |
evocation of Irish rural soundscape and imagery
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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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