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The Blackbird of Glanmore Overview

“The Blackbird of Glanmore” is a 36-line free-verse poem by Irish poet Seamus Heaney. It first appeared in his 2006 collection District and Circle, as the final poem in the volume. This poem uses a single moment in time and a distant memory to explore themes of death, mortality, and the natural world. 

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