Seamus Heaney is an acclaimed Irish poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. The document provides background on Heaney and discusses his first book of poems called "Eleven Poems." It also includes discussion questions and writing prompts about Heaney's poem "Follower" which describes a young boy following his father while plowing fields to learn from his expertise as a farmer.

2. FOLLO
WER
- SEAMUS HEANEY

3. SEAMUS HEANEY
Well known Irish Poet
Nobel prize winner in literature in 1995
Hs first book ‘Eleven Poems’
He currently lives in Dublin

5. Glossary
Furrow – A long narrow
channel or cut especially made
by a plough

6. o Globed : Swelled or rounded like a
globe
oFor example,
when you play cricket with your
friends, If a ball hits your head &
your forehead swells up

7. Sock : sharp metal tip of a
plough

8. Plod : to walk laboriously

9. 1. Who is the speaker in the poem?
2. Who follows whom in the
beginning?
3. What makes the father “an expert”?

10. C.E Work
Write a letter to your father
showing your love and
gratitude towards him.

11. Assignment
Imagine that the little boy
had a talk with his father on
the field. Prepare a
conversation that might have
taken place between them.