A Study Of Ripples Of Imagination In Patrick Kavanagh And Seamus Heaney’s Select Poems

Abstract

The article discusses an emerging feature and aspect of two fascinating Irish poets in the twentieth century namely Patrick Kavanagh and Seamus Heaney with respect to their naturalistic poetic qualities. Both poets have represented their locale beautifully with elegance and great firmness of touch. Whereas Kavanagh’s creative faculties rely on inspiration and intuition Heaney’s poetry explains and explores his own roots, celebrating the ancient skills and craft that sustained the farming community that nurtured him and his family for generations. Their poetry almost always concerns the gap between Irish psyche and the milieu. The ripple phenomenon in their poetry adds great quality to their literary contributions