Seamus Heaney's poem "Postscript" comes from a book of poems The Spirit Level that Heaney published in 1996. In these poems, Heaney tries to entice the reader to be open to wonderful moments of vision in small everyday moments. Throughout the “Postscript” the speaker describes an experience with a natural landscape to illustrate how experiences can evoke feelings that overwhelm us and leave us speechless due to their transcendent beauty. Finding the words for the beautiful, sublime, uplifting moments can be difficult when encountering such places, and even though the speaker leaves room for the ineffable, the poem makes the reader feel as if they have received a glimpse of something real, a piece precious. of advice on how to move in the world. The “Postscript” is an informal single-line, paragraph text that resembles a sonnet, although it does not follow all the rules of traditional poetic form. The poem combines a detailed account of an experience in which the speaker took a "trip westward / to County Clare, along the Flaggy Shore" (1-2), with a reflection on what the speaker experienced and advice on how the reader can create their own version of something similar. The structure of the poem coincides with the experience the speaker is describing, and although the poem loosely follows a common sonnet structure, Heaney incorporates an irregular, arrhythmic pattern to the structure that conveys the spontaneity surrounding the fleeting moment the speaker is experiencing. living. The colloquial style of the poem, along with the structure, illustrates the extemporaneous nature of experience and thought, and through the use of enjambment, Heaney speeds up the pace of the poem so that… halfway down the paper… . ..along the west coast of Ireland. Heaney suggests that it is not the location that is important, but the willingness to perceive the combination of events that bring a thrill to the heart. Therefore, Heaney suggests that in order for memorable and magical experiences to occur, people must be willing and alert. It's not about looking for a unique experience, but about opening yourself to it. The speaker states that it is a combination of moving events that can surprise and excite a person, which in turn will lead to his own version of his unique experience. Heaney urges the reader to take advantage of their opportunities to experience a vision like the one described in the poem, since having the experience is more important than memory. BibliographyWorks CitedHeaney, Seamus. "Postscript". The spirit level. London: Faber and Faber, 1996. Print.