Scaffolding

Seamus Heaney

17 pages 34-minute read

Seamus Heaney

Scaffolding

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1966

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Like masons carefully testing their scaffolding before beginning construction, Seamus Heaney crafted 'Scaffolding' to explore the careful work required to build lasting relationships. Test your understanding of this intimate poem that uses the metaphor of construction to examine love, connection, and the foundations we build together.

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