Family Relationships Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. In 'Eden Rock', this is the breed of dog mentioned in the first stanza.
  2. 7. In 'Climbing My Grandfather', the poem uses an extended metaphor comparing the grandfather to this.
  3. 8. In 'Walking Away', this verb is used to describe the action of spinning or wheeling.
  4. 9. The animal the father works alongside in 'Follower'.
  5. 10. Imagery of this mythological figure is used in 'Follower' to emphasise the father's strength.
  6. 11. The mother is compared to this famous Hollywood film star in 'Before You Were Mine'.
  7. 12. In 'Walking Away', the memory described in the poem happened this many years ago.
  8. 14. In 'Eden Rock', this is the number of plates and cups laid out.
  9. 15. This is worn by the horse in 'Follower'.
  10. 16. In 'Mother, any distance', the sky is described using this adjective to suggest possibility and the unknown.
  11. 18. In 'Eden Rock', a screw of paper is used to make this.
  12. 20. In 'Walking Away', this term is used to describe the vast unknown the son is entering into.
Down
  1. 1. In 'Walking Away', this term is used to describe a person becoming themselves or their own person.
  2. 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.
  3. 4. The child's yell is described using this adjective in 'Before You Were Mine'.
  4. 5. In 'Mother, any distance', this object is used to reflect the child in the relationship.
  5. 6. The name of the Biblical utopia used in the poem's title: '_______ Rock'
  6. 10. In 'Mother, any distance', this metaphor is used to describe the mother's influence on the child.
  7. 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).
  8. 14. In 'Mother, any distance', this object is used as an extended metaphor to reflect the relationship between mother and son.
  9. 17. This term is part of the horse plough that churns the soil, as described in 'Follower'.
  10. 19. This word is used to describe the "high-heeled red shoes" the mother no longer uses in 'Before You Were Mine'.