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'The Early Purges' by Seamus Heaney (analysis)
Catherine Byron and John Hegley analyse Seamus Heaney's 'The Early Purges'. They discuss the three voices in the poem and explain how the attitudes of the poet change through the verse. Towards the end, an elderly Irish couple reflect on some of the images and ideas in the poem.
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