Apron Square
What do you think this poem is about?
“The Forge” by Seamus Heaney.
All I know is a door into the dark.
Outside, old axles and iron hoops rusting;
Inside, the hammered anvil’s short-pitched ring,
The unpredictable fantail of sparks
Or hiss when a new shoe toughens in water.
The anvil must be somewhat in the centre,
Horned as a unicorn, at one end square,
Set there immoveable: an altar
Where he expends himself in shape and music.
Sometimes, leather-aproned, hairs in his nose,
He leans out on the jamb, recalls a clatter
Of hoofs where traffic is flashing in rows;
Then grunts and goes in, with a slam and a flick
To beat real iron out, to work the bellows.
Well, this is about a blacksmith working in his shop…but its also about more.
“He leans out on the jamb, recalls a clatter
of hoofs where traffic is flashing in rows”
This blacksmith is working amidst the bowels of progress. No longer is he making horseshoes and fixing wagon wheels. He’s doing an age-old job in the middle of the sounds of the future. I don’t know what it is he’s making in this modern age, but he’s wistfully remembering the old days when a blacksmith was an honest, respectful job that was a much needed part of the community.
The author looks at the blacksmith with reverance. He sees someone who works hard and does a good job. He sees someone with ethics and strength.
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