Poetic techniques of seamus heaney a critical study

Abstract

Seamus Heaney, the glory and toast of the whole of the 21st century world of newlineword space has been recognized as a major critic as well as poet. Not for nothing, this newlineNobel laureate for poetry in 1995, this Arion of peace has been the most popular and newlinemost institutionalized poet, immensely popular with the common reader. newlineHeaney scholars, both seasoned and sophomoric, have been laying emphasis newlineon the products of Heaney s creative efforts. That is why, it has become quite easy to newlinelocate thousands of book length studies on Seamus Heaney s poetry, essentially newlinepolyphonic and polysemic. And among these critical studies, most are thematic newlineanalyses. So there is an evident tyranny of theme in discussions of Heaney s poetry. newlineYet none of the existing critical studies actualized from the perspective of aesthetic newlinepractices, poetic process, technique, procedure, method, craft, rhetoric, formalism, newlinemanner, poetics, style, technical skill, visual form, strategies, poems progress, artistic newlineprocess, the process of poetic composition, production and artistic meanings full newlinefledged. Hence drawing on the concept of the organic intellectual and Terry newlineEagleton s critical study of Rape of Clarissa from the perspective of the process of newlinewriting, it is submitted that the intended study of Heaney s poetry from the newlineperspective of rhetorical energy is both desirable and viable. newlineIn view of the statement of the problem and the rationale in previous newlineparagraph, the perdurable aim of this formalistic/rhetorical study of Seamus Heaney s newlinepoetry is to use the techniques of poetry and artistic means used by him to redefine his newlinerhetorical energy, his articulate energy, and his toil of artistic creation, and to newlinevindicate and recognize his faculty for systematization of poetic product and newlinedisciplined pursuit of art. newline