ThiscollectionofSeamusHeaney'swork,especiallyinthevividandsurprisingtwelve-linepoemsentitled"e;Squarings"e;,showsheisreadytore-imagineexperienceand"e;tocreditmarvels"e;.Thetitlepoem,"e;SeeingThings"e;,istypicalofthewholebook.Itbeginswithmemoriesofanactualevent,thenmovestowardsthevisionarywhileneverrelinquishingitsfeelforthetexturesandsensationsoftheworld.TranslationsofVirgilandHomerprovideapreludeandacodawheremotifsimplicitintheearlierlyricsaregivendirectexpressioninextendednarratives.Journeystounderworldsandotherworldscorrespondtothejourneysmadebypoeticlanguageitself.Fromtheauthorof"e;TheHawLantern"e;,"e;WinteringOut"e;,"e;StationIsland"e;and"e;North"e;.