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A review by mlindner
Electric Light by Seamus Heaney
2.0
The simple story is this wasn't really for me. Maybe a different Heaney work?
Why is that? I don't really have the language for an answer at this point. But I'll jot a few things down. Now these things should not influence anyone else as they may not apply to you. And they may in the future change for me.
Too many words I had no idea how to pronounce, and often what they meant. Gaelic, primarily.
Too many allusions and other references to Shakespeare and other bits of ancient high culture. Not exactly in a "Hey, look at me. I'm educated" sense. Still too much for me to enjoy the poems. IT might make a great book to work through in a poetry class where the effort is meant to be expended.
Perhaps I simply don't want to work so hard at poetry at this stage in my poetic development.
Why is that? I don't really have the language for an answer at this point. But I'll jot a few things down. Now these things should not influence anyone else as they may not apply to you. And they may in the future change for me.
Too many words I had no idea how to pronounce, and often what they meant. Gaelic, primarily.
Too many allusions and other references to Shakespeare and other bits of ancient high culture. Not exactly in a "Hey, look at me. I'm educated" sense. Still too much for me to enjoy the poems. IT might make a great book to work through in a poetry class where the effort is meant to be expended.
Perhaps I simply don't want to work so hard at poetry at this stage in my poetic development.