... differentiates himself by social status to his father and grandfather (in Digging), Heaney nourishes a respect for his forefathers through several poems. We remark the presence of theturf-cutter? twice in Bog Queen and Tollund Man. Like his earlier generations, he also has a weapon to get through in ... the turf-cutter is seen as innocent in Heaney's eyes. For who can say that they are completely innocent? To Heaney, being a human is the loss of innocence, the loss of innocence when the boy in Death of a Naturalist grew into his adolescence and wasavenged? by his frogs. Heaney shows his...

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