1. Blackberry Picking
Seamus Heany

2. Quick Write
Write about a vivid memory that you have from early childhood. Are there any smells, images, sounds that stick in your mind? (3 minutes).
Write about a time when you didn’t understand something because you were an innocent child. (3 minutes).
Carefully inspect your blackberry, what does it look like, sound like, smell like, taste like? Write about blackberries. (3 minutes).

3. Listen to “Blackberry Picking” by Seamus Heany

4. Poetic Devices
Tomorrow, you will have a quiz over poetic devices. Using your Poetry Terms for reference if needed, label the poetic devices you see in the poem: Sight Imagery Sound Imagery Taste Imagery Smell Imagery Touch Imagery Metaphor Personification Repetition Alliteration Assonance Consonance Simile

5. Theme
Why do you think Seamus Heaney wrote this poem? What impression is he trying to share with us?