|
 |
 |
Limbo
Title: Limbo
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 601 | Pages: 2.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Limbo
Limbo | Seamus Heaney
Fishermen at Ballyshannon
Netted an infant last night
Along with the salmon.
An illegitimate spawning,
A small one thrown back
To the waters. But I'm sure
As she stood in the shallows
Ducking him tenderly
Till the frozen knobs of her wrists
Were dead as the gravel,
He was a minnow with hooks
Tearing her open.
She waded in under
The sign of the cross.
He was hauled in with the fish.
…showed first 75 words of 601 total…
You are viewing only a small portion of the paper.
Please login or register to access the full copy.
|
|
…showed last 75 words of 601 total…her losing her new born child.
This poem reproves the social and religious values in modern Irish society that result in the many deaths of infants. The intolerance of the Catholic church is the direct cause of the problem. Once more, one can question why women are of secondary importance. The poem presents an insights into the circumstances leading to the tragic loss of a child. Seamus Heaney sympathizes with the suffering mother.
Caboriginal.nl
Need a custom written paper?
|
|
275 words per page