The Underground by Adele Hannon https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39 by Seamus Heaney en-us 2022-09-21 07:09:26 UTC 2022-09-22 11:46:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4dd.png hannonadele https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2306323258 From your reading of 'The Underground', what do you learn about the relationship with his wife?

- Make reference to the poem to back up your answer]]> 2022-09-21 07:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2306323258 https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2307193943 The excitement of the new love and marriage is interrupted by the phrase ‘our echoes die in that corridor and now’. After this it becomes becomes guarded and closed and he keep looking back at the past.]]> 2022-09-21 16:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2307193943 https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2307211058 In this poem Heaney writes about his marriage, the poem describes the love as an escape, excitement, desire and perseverance. The couple in this poem seem constantly on the run. The word “die” creates an abrupt stop in the love. He doesn’t want to “look back” in fear he may loose her, this makes me believe Heaney although through the challenges in there love he intends and continues to persevere through it because he doesn’t want to loose his wife.]]> 2022-09-21 16:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2307211058 As we see in the poem, Heaney writes about the love connection he shares with his newly wedded wife. He also shows us how he personally feels about change and factors that come with change, outcomes that could be a positive good for us or a negative bad. He is reminiscing on the past "Our echoes die in that corridor and now" and by saying this is shows that he struggling to look forward. He fears loosing his wife, as she means a lot to him. Heaney also shows us compassion he has for his wife and for this relationship, honesty, loyal trust and perseverance "although through the challenges in their love he intends and continues to persevere through it because he doesn't want to loose his wife . He shows great bravery and belief. https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2307461005 2022-09-21 19:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2307461005 In this poem we see how happy and exited Heaney was at the start of the marriage and how him and his wife rushing around together. But by the end they had drifted a bit and the mood and there energy towards eachother changed https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2307499497 2022-09-21 19:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2307499497 https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2307512362 We see at the start of the poem that Heaney expresses his love and excitement for his newly wedded wife. Heaneys energy changed as the poem was coming to an end as they slowly started to separate from each other ]]> 2022-09-21 19:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2307512362 From the start, Heaney describes his relationship through many elements ,like desire, pursuit, excitement and change. At the start of the poem, it is excitement as they are newly wedded. ‘You in your going-away coat speeding ahead’ showing the fast pace in the start of the relationship. The ‘honeymoon’ stage. However as the poem ends there is a change in energy. ‘Our echoes die in that corridor and now’ The new love interrupted and being more cautious. He is scared to lose his wife. https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2307540072 2022-09-21 20:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2307540072 https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2307580976 In this poem, Heaney describes his relationship with his wife in many different ways like desire and excitement. At the beginning of the poem Heaney expresses his love and excitement for his newly wedded wife as they rush through the underground together. In the end they drifted apart from eachother, like losing a part of themselves in the underground and with that losing the love and excitement in their relationship. Even after losing a small bit of their relationship Heaney still doesn't want to "look back" because he doesn't want to lose her and wishes to keep her in arms reach, showing that he still wants to find that love with her back in the upperworld, fearing he may lose her.]]> 2022-09-21 20:58:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2307580976 https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2307616149
In this poem, Heaney describes his relationship with his wife in lots of different ways like exciting and free. At the beginning of the poem Heaney tells us about his love and excitement for his newly wedded wife as they rush through the underground together. In the end they lost  eachother, like losing a part of themselves in the underground and like losing the love and excitement in their relationship, as if their honeymoon phase was over. Even after losing a small bit of their relationship Heaney still doesn't want to "look back" because he doesn't want to lose her referring to greek mythology about loosing your partner in hell and looking back and they disappear. He wishes to keep her in arms reach, showing that he still wants to find that love with her that he found before they had married and that they had during their honeymoon .]]> 2022-09-21 21:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2307616149 https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2307654136 From reading ‘The Underground’ I learnt that the poet’s portrayal of the relationship with his wife is a more realistic representation of love than what is seen in media. In the first stanza the poet creates a fast pace of the poem by using enjambment. The poet also uses allusions like “before you turn into a reed” to portray how the start of the poem is about pursuit as it relates to the Greek Myth of Pan and Syrinx. These techniques helps us to observe the start of their relationship is about the rush and excitement of pursuit. However towards the end of the poem there is a change in the relationship. This can can be seen when the poet says “our echoes die in that corridor”. This quote gives us evidence of how the rush and excitement eventually dies down as the relationship gets longer. Even though their love has gone cold Heaney is still committed to the relationship. He wants to continue the relationship while only looking towards the future as he says he’ll be “damned if I look back”. This poem portrays all the elements of love through their relationship which makes it a more practical type of love. ]]> 2022-09-21 22:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2307654136 https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2308595959 The poem ‘The Underground’ begins with Seamus Heaney himself, establishing a memory from his honeymoon. He describes trailing his wife through the London Underground trying to make to Albert Station in time. She is first ahead of him and he watches her coat as it flaps around her. Heaney concludes the poem by describing this version of himself alone in a dark, train-less tunnel determined to find his wife and never lose her.]]> 2022-09-22 11:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hannonadele/gmlk6gyn9yt3qx39/wish/2308595959