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The Kaleidoscope and the Destroyer: What Good is Poetry? Seamus Heaney gives an account of his own belief in the good of poetry, concentrating on a few poets and poems in a general sense, to explain how poetry was thought about, valued, and defended in the past.  He discusses how these general considerations have affected his own writing as he has experienced the crisis in Ireland over the past 30 years. From the Series:Danz Lecture Series Channel: ResearchChannel Category: Arts & Literature Video Length: 3231 Date Found: February 12, 2009 Date Produced: February 04, 1999 View Count: 3