Plog 4- "Punishment"

in seamus heaney's punshiment he uses the imagey of body parts and binding imagery. he also shows the theme of love lost and betrayal of another.
in punishment the strong descriptive imagery shows the reader what is going on with this women in the bog. heaney uses a lot of body imagery. he talks about the neck, nape, ribs, nipples, and other body images. he describes the woman's body and what has happened to her since the altercation between her and her sisters. other images he shows are ones of binding. heaney talks about the rock that is on top of the woman and the noose that is around her neck. these images along with the blindfold and the bandages go along with the binding imagery. there was also a lot of unsual images to describe things, like the amber beads used to describe the woman's nipples and the stubble of the black corn used to describe her hair.
the two themes in this poem are lost love and betrayal. the theme of love lost is conveyed in punishment because the speaker talks about the memories of love but she soon after died and how the speaker says "i almost love you." this shows how she was thinking of love but that it soon after ended. the speaker saying that line shows that he could've loved her in time but at that moment he didn't and that is another example of love lost. the second theme in punishment was betrayal. the two commited the crime of adultery but the young woman was the only punished. she had been betrayed by the man who says "in but would have cast, i know, the stones of silence." this shows how he stood by and did nothing when he knew he should also be being punished for the crime.