The poems in Seamus Heaney's collection The Spirit Level keep
discovering the possibilities of 'a new beginning' in all kinds of
subjects and circumstances. What is at stake, in poem after poem, is the
chance of buoyancy and balance, physical, spiritual and political.
Private memories, classical scenes, humble domestic objects - a
whitewash brush, a sofa, a swing - are endowed with talismanic
significance, while friends and relatives are invoked for their promise
and steadfastness.
Throughout the collection, Heaney addresses
his concerns, which inevitably include the political situation in his
native Northern Ireland, in a poetry that never ceases to be fluid,
alert and completely truthful.
The Spirit Level - Seamus Heaney
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