![]() ![]() ![]() and had a lust for picking," makes reference to a summer romance once again. The ripening of the blackberries refers to the "ripening" of young love when the relationship has already started and the two young people fall in love. The diction Heaney uses has romantic and sexual connotations, that allow the reader to infere the deeper meaning of a summer romance. ![]() It helps to portray a deeper understanding of the intensity of a summer relationship between two young people. Heaney's physically-intense language, vivid literal description, and profound, metaphoric use make the poem much more than a child's impression of a popular activity in the countryside. In Seamus Heaney's "Blackberry Picking," a literal description of picking blackberries is conveyed through his use of diction, imagery, and metaphors, which then portrays a deeper understanding of the whole experience. ![]()
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