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I began to be tense as a voyeur. | I began to be tense as a voyeur. | ||
After eleven years | After eleven years I was composing | ||
Love-letters again, broaching the “wife”{{refn|To “broach” a cask is to open it; Heaney likens rediscovering desire to uncorking stored love or memory. This sensual metaphor underscores the poem’s fusion of domestic intimacy and erotic vitality.}} {{ln|10}} | Love-letters again, broaching the “wife”{{refn|To “broach” a cask is to open it; Heaney likens rediscovering desire to uncorking stored love or memory. This sensual metaphor underscores the poem’s fusion of domestic intimacy and erotic vitality.}} {{ln|10}} | ||
Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel | Like a stored cask, as if its slender vowel | ||
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# The poem’s title evokes both sensuality and the comic. How does Heaney’s animal imagery challenge conventional depictions of beauty? | # The poem’s title evokes both sensuality and the comic. How does Heaney’s animal imagery challenge conventional depictions of beauty? | ||
# Write a short creative imitation in which a small domestic detail (a scent, a sound, a gesture) becomes the focus of memory and desire. | # Write a short creative imitation in which a small domestic detail (a scent, a sound, a gesture) becomes the focus of memory and desire. | ||
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[[Category:Contemporary]] | [[Category:Contemporary]] | ||
[[Category:ENGL 2122]] | [[Category:ENGL 2122]] | ||