Time and again, Mr. Heaney returns to the image of the pen. He began his long career writing of such a pen, nestling snug as a gun between finger and thumb.

希尼先生一次又一次回到了“笔”这个意象中。他开始了他漫长的写作生涯，这支笔就像一支枪，舒适地依偎在他的手指和拇指之间。

youdao

Now, in his first collection for five years, Mr Heaney seems to have come full circle.

ECONOMIST: The Irish poet's new collection is his best for years

There is no reek of nostalgia about it, no sense that Mr Heaney is repeating himself.

ECONOMIST: The Irish poet's new collection is his best for years

Among the post-1914 poets, it includes the likes of Yeats, Eliot, Lowell, Auden, Betjeman, Thomas and Heaney.

BBC: Pupils compete in learning poetry