Talk:Love/@comment-211.28.45.247-20160512054721

Heaney explores how love defined his character as opposed to loss or failure. In 'Poem' it is his love for his wife Marie that assists him in overcoming his inability to follow in his fathers' footsteps as a farmer as even though the "...sods would fall" Maries' love provided motivation for Heaney to achieve success as a poet. Seamus Heaney draws confidence from Maries' support which ultimately provides him the opportunity to realise his full identity, which may have been denied from him if he needlessly persisted in farming. The vow "love, I shall perfect for you the child" conveys Heaney's determination to attain success in his new career direction as well as in his marriage. Heaney explores the realisation that the impact of love is fundamental to his identity and promises to further himself for his wife because she has provided him with love that surpasses the impact of misery in his life, such as, his grief for his brother in 'Mid-term Break.'