Seamus Heaney
Biography and lesson plans

"Funeral Rites" and "North" -- Seamus Heaney
Background, vocabulary, questions for analysis. This document requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or compatible application for access.

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

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

Seamus Heaney
Brief biography and a discussion of selected poems.

Seamus Heaney
Links to a few poems, bibliography.

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

Seamus Heaney
Streaming audio clips of interviews with Heaney.

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.

"The Tollund Man"
Questions to develop analysis. This document requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or compatible application for access.

"Wintering Out"
Background information; scroll down to find themes. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or compatible application for access.