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“an Adavncement of Learning” – Seamus Heaney “an Adavncement of Learning” – Seamus Heaney In Heaney’s poem An Advancement of Learning Heaney uses macabre imagery and innocence to experience approach on tackling fear. The poem becomes very tense and dark, giving the reader a sense of the dirty and grey environment, which Heaney is describing..