Word: precursor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS once claimed that when we argue with someone else, it's rhetoric, but when we argue with ourselves, it's poetry. Irish poet Seamus Heaney conforms to his precursor's observation. In Field Work, Heaney often challenges his decision to write, yet at the same time believes in his own artistic commitment...