Keeping Going

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"Keeping Going" is a poem by Seamus Heaney, included in his collection *The Spirit Level*, that reflects on perseverance, memory, and the sustaining power of art amid personal and political turmoil.

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instanceOf poem
associatedWith Northern Irish literature
author Seamus Heaney NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Ireland
creatorNationality Irish
firstPublicationMedium print
form free verse
genre lyric poetry
hasCriticalReception widely studied in Heaney scholarship
hasLiteraryDevice allusion
contrast
enjambment
imagery
symbolism
hasSubject brotherhood
family relationships
moral responsibility
role of the artist
rural life
violence
hasTone reflective
resilient
somber
includedIn The Spirit Level (poetry collection) NERFINISHED
language English
literaryMovement contemporary Irish poetry
meter irregular
partOfCollection The Spirit Level NERFINISHED
period late 20th century literature
rhymeScheme irregular
studiedIn Irish literature courses
modern poetry courses
theme The Troubles in Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
art as sustenance
memory
perseverance
personal turmoil
political turmoil

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The Spirit Level hasPart Keeping Going