Lovers On Aran Poem by Seamus Heaney

Lovers On Aran

Rating: 3.1


The timeless waves, bright, sifting, broken glass,
Came dazzling around, into the rocks,
Came glinting, sifting from the Americas

To posess Aran. Or did Aran rush
to throw wide arms of rock around a tide
That yielded with an ebb, with a soft crash?

Did sea define the land or land the sea?
Each drew new meaning from the waves' collision.
Sea broke on land to full identity.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
ronan 27 January 2019

where is there contrast in this poem

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Bill Wright 01 September 2016

Another one of Heaney's poems about nature. Enjoyed it.

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Castledàwson, County Londonderry
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