Family Relationships Crossword
Across
- 2. In 'Eden Rock', this is the breed of dog mentioned in the first stanza.
- 7. In 'Climbing My Grandfather', the poem uses an extended metaphor comparing the grandfather to this.
- 8. In 'Walking Away', this verb is used to describe the action of spinning or wheeling.
- 9. The animal the father works alongside in 'Follower'.
- 10. Imagery of this mythological figure is used in 'Follower' to emphasise the father's strength.
- 11. The mother is compared to this famous Hollywood film star in 'Before You Were Mine'.
- 12. In 'Walking Away', the memory described in the poem happened this many years ago.
- 14. In 'Eden Rock', this is the number of plates and cups laid out.
- 15. This is worn by the horse in 'Follower'.
- 16. In 'Mother, any distance', the sky is described using this adjective to suggest possibility and the unknown.
- 18. In 'Eden Rock', a screw of paper is used to make this.
- 20. In 'Walking Away', this term is used to describe the vast unknown the son is entering into.
Down
- 1. In 'Walking Away', this term is used to describe a person becoming themselves or their own person.
- 3. In 'Mother, any distance', this verb is used to describe the mother's actions of holding onto the "last one-hundredth of an inch" of the tape measure.
- 4. The child's yell is described using this adjective in 'Before You Were Mine'.
- 5. In 'Mother, any distance', this object is used to reflect the child in the relationship.
- 6. The name of the Biblical utopia used in the poem's title: '_______ Rock'
- 10. In 'Mother, any distance', this metaphor is used to describe the mother's influence on the child.
- 13. Seamus Heaney uses this adjective to describe himself as a child (suggesting he or his presence wasn't very helpful whilst his father ploughed).
- 14. In 'Mother, any distance', this object is used as an extended metaphor to reflect the relationship between mother and son.
- 17. This term is part of the horse plough that churns the soil, as described in 'Follower'.
- 19. This word is used to describe the "high-heeled red shoes" the mother no longer uses in 'Before You Were Mine'.