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DOCKER by SEAMUS HEANEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: THERE, IN THE CORNER, STARING AT HIS DRINK
Last Line: Tonight the wife and children will be quiet / at slammed door and smoker's cough in the hall
Subject(s): HATE; RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION; CATHOLICS; IRELAND;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Poems_1965_1975/KaO1AQAAQBAJ?q=HEANEY+%22THERE,+IN+THE+CORNER,+STARING+AT+HIS+DRINK%22&gbpv=1#f=false


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