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Selected Poems 1988-2013 by Seamus Heaney

markjj's review against another edition

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4.0

The best bits - for me- were the bits for which he is renowned: extracts from The Aeneid, and Beowulf. But it was interesting to read the rest, and to get a sense of the Troubles, and of his life, and of his death as it approached.

logantmartin's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

5.0

cfoley's review

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reflective slow-paced

3.0

klein_beetle's review against another edition

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dark reflective relaxing medium-paced

2.0

dpheth's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

3.5

nursays's review against another edition

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Just don't feel like it at the moment and it's been idling here for long enough.

sydsnot71's review against another edition

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4.0

I love Seamus Heaney's poetry and I have done since we did one of his poems at school. I love his voice so I read this as I listened to the audio for the full experience, which was great.

This includes a couple of selections from his Beowulf translation, which I like a lot. Beowulf was meant to be read aloud so hearing Heaney read it was a good time.

If you want to get your teeth into some excellent modern poetry then this isn't a bad selection to start off with. He writes so well about landscape and the impact of landscape.

dhwan's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

4.5

joshuaperry's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

gnodmas's review against another edition

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challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.25