Esssay on the poem Blackberry-picking by Seamus Heaney

"Blackberry-picking" by Seamus Heaney Blackberry-picking is a poem by Seamus Heaney, in which he describes an incident from his childhood. The poem appeals to the five senses and uses various poetic techniques to paint a memorable picture in our minds. Heaney describes blackberry-picking as a child with his family. He vividly describes the blackberries and how they tasted, then he describes how he went out picking then and what the blackberries looked like, he then …

…vivid image of his childhood experience of blackberry picking as a child, this makes the poem. Overall I really liked the poem, I found it to be a feast to the sences and created a lot of images in my head helping me to imagine the experience and what it must off felt like at the end of the poem when the berries rot. Blackberry-picking is a very good poem that I really enjoyed reading.