Text Box: 1. What view of the top of the cream does Heaney give the reader? 2. How does Heaney use diction in a surprising or clever way, which helps the reader imagine the cleaning of the churn? 3. How has Seamus Heaney used personification in his description of the crocks? 4. How does Heaney use language to recreate the experience of churning and his opinion of this experience? 5. How has Heaney helped the reader appreciate the experience of churning butter? 6. How has Heaney used poetic techniques to reflect how powerful the memory of this experience is? EXTENSION QUESTION: 7. Churning Day is full of images and sounds. How effective is Heaney at describing the process of churning?