Seamus Heaney
Biography and lesson plans

|Biography and Links| |Specific Poems|

Biography and Links

A Biography of Seamus Heaney
Biography and links to related sites.

Poet: Seamus Heaney
Follow the links to 28 online poems.

Seamus Heaney
Brief biography and a discussion of selected poems.

Seamus Heaney
Biography, Heaney's Nobel lecture, poems, and other resources.

Seamus Heaney
Audio clips of interviews with Heaney.

Seamus Heaney
Links to a few poems, bibliography.

Seamus Heaney, Irish Poet
Biography, links to some poems, a gallery of graphics, and related links.

Specific Poems

The Poetry of Seamus Heaney
Questions for "Blackberry Picking" and "Mid-Term Break." Requires MS-Word or compatible application for access.

Reading Guide: Seamus Heaney's "Casualty"
Critical analysis.

Seamus Heaney
Streaming audio of a lecture about "Singing School: # 4" ("Summer 1969"), "Station Island: VII" ("I had come to the edge of the water") "The Strand at Lough Beg," and "Station Island: VIII" ("Black water. White waves. Furrows snowcapped."). The entire discussion is 41 minutes long.