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I completely agree with what Harrison has said above. Heaney’s change in poetic subject matter caused me to draw a parallel between Heaney and Yeats. Northern Ireland in the 1970s as we have seen from the documentary was a chaotic and violent place. Heaney as a Northern Irish, catholic was inherently tied to these troubles and as a poet seemed forced to address them in his work. It became a sort of responsibility. This sentiment is similar to what Yeats felt in regards to Nationalism, specifically events such as the lockout or the Easter Rising. We can see this parallel between the two as they both moved from nature or “peasant” lifestyle subjects into more politically directed or motived poems. We can clearly see this is Heaney’s collection North (1975). Take the poem “Whatever You Say Say Nothing” as an example. In this piece the speaker is addressing the media and how it is dealing with the troubles in Northern Ireland