Death of a Naturalist In this quote he parallels himself to Narcissus, a hunter in Greek Mythology who is cursed to fall in love with his own reflection by the goddess Nemesis after he shuns Echo, an Oread nymph. The reader can see that for a short time after his college experience, Heaney relies on only himself for inspiration. Eventually he realizes his mistake, and unlike Narcissus, is able to bring himself back to reality. Death of a Naturalist was received with mostly positive reviews and helped Heaney gain recognition on an international scale. Several of the poems had been published previously in pamphlets
Falling in Love With Hominids of the French folktale, Bluebeard. Hopkinson has another short storie about Blue beard,"The Glass Bottle Trick"; it's published in "Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root" Hopkinson draws on inspiration from many places for these stories, including classic literature, folklore, and Afro-Caribbean culture. "Shift" retells stories of Caliban and Ariel from The Tempest from Caliban's conflicted point of view, while "Flying Lessons" is about a small girl in Trinidad who draw parallels of her own life to the novella The Little Prince. "Men Sell Not Such in Any Town" is a salute to Goblin Market, a poem by Christina Rossetti. Falling