Editing Seamus Heaney (section)

===Use in the school syllabus===
Heaney's work is used extensively in the school syllabus internationally, including the anthologies ''The Rattle Bag'' (1982) and ''The School Bag'' (1997) (both edited with [[Ted Hughes]]). Originally entitled ''The Faber Book of Verse for Younger People'' on the Faber contract, Hughes and Heaney decided the main purpose of ''The Rattle Bag'' was to offer enjoyment to the reader: "Arbitrary riches." Heaney commented "the book in our heads was something closer to ''The Fancy Free Poetry Supplement''".<ref name=bags_of_enlightenment/> It included work that they would have liked to encounter sooner in their own lives, as well as nonsense rhymes, ballad-type poems, riddles, folk songs and rhythmical jingles. Much familiar canonical work was not included, since they took it for granted that their audience would know the standard fare. Fifteen years later, ''The School Bag'' aimed at something different. The foreword stated that they wanted "less of a carnival, more like a checklist." It included poems in English, Irish, Welsh, Scots and Scots Gaelic, together with work reflecting the African-American experience.<ref name="bags_of_enlightenment">{{Cite news |last=Heaney |first=Seamus |date=25 October 2003 |title=Bags of enlightenment |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/oct/25/poetry.highereducation |access-date=25 October 2003 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> <!--Two of his poems entitled "Storm on the Island" and "Follower" feature on the new [[GCSE]] English Literature course as part of the anthology poetry cluster. His poem "Out of the Bag" is featured in the new [[A-Level]] English Literature course as part of the anthology poetry cluster. REMOVED AS UNCITED-->