Inheritance

• Dedication to R.S Thomas - a famous Welsh poet known for his nationalism - Welsh identity is important to Sheers, gives insight into his origins.
• S1 "a stammer" "a tired blink" 


  Physiological qualities, small features that make him.
• "a need to have my bones/near the hill's bare stone"

  Him and his fathers shared love for Welsh landscape. Rhyme represents love. Connected to Wales through his father.
• Stanza 2 focuses on more emotional traits he inherited from his mother. Masculine vs feminine traits which have shaped his character.
• S2: "the eye's blue ore"

  Connects femininity with purity and clarity, brightness. Receives the opposite from his father's eyes.
• S2 "turning fact into fable" 


  Storytelling, link to him as a poet
• S2: "quiet moments beside a wet horse"


  Connection to rural life, extends on Welsh heritage from his father in the first stanza.
• Stanza 3 connects both parents, an admiration of their relationship.
• S3 "hard hammer" "red hot"

  Insinuation of the hard life they have lived, the test of marriage.
• S3 "both"


  Suggests the balance of his two parents is where his identity stems from. Blend of the masculine and feminine.