The Tollund Man is the second poem in a collection of Heaney's works inspired by the work of Glob which appeared in Heaney's third collection of poems Wintering out. Its religious theme is clear from the opening line “One day I will go to Aarhus” which evokes the idea of ​​a pilgrimage. Although the future and the vagueness of “some day” at the beginning of The Tollund Man create an element of strangeness and distance, destabilizing our belief that Heaney will reach “Aarhus”, the use of “I will” creates a sense of hope and determination and mentions the devotion of religious minds. This is further reinforced by the fact that Heaney will travel so far to “see his peat-coloured head” and his promise to “stand long”, almost in a state of worship. The idolatry of the swamp man in the first stanza is undermined by the fact that he is “naked”, implying that he is vulnerable and unimportant, as he is carelessly “dug up” – This lack of dignity is also seen in Strange Fruit where Heaney describes the girl's "plum skin," "leathery beauty." Her lack of power in The Tollund Man is accentuated by the fact that Heaney personifies the swamp as an overwhelming female "goddess" who has "tightened her collar upon of him" and "he opened"; awaiting a sacrifice. Although the swamp man is initially described as powerless, Heaney then compares him to the "preserved body of a saint", implying that he has some of the same attributes as a king or saint. He is described as a “saint”, emphasizing the immortality of the Tollund Man as he has been perfectly preserved. Drawing parallels between religions and “dark” death and violence, rituals, the Man of Tollund becomes a surrogate for Christ as he is offered to the “Goddess” as her “Groom.” Heaney's descriptions of the “last crane... middle of paper... appearance of the Tollund Man for the Windeby Girl and the Tollund Man. His terse language not only reflects the violent death of the fen dwellers, but also implies his anger as he has now witnessed firsthand the act of sacrificial death in Ireland. Although Heaney uses violent language and images of torture and death throughout his swamp poems, he counteracts this by also presenting the idea of ​​infinity and the peace that can come after death. The preservation of bodies found in the swamps reflects the belief in reincarnation and the opportunity to live forever in paradise, no matter how violent the death; Heaney illustrates this view in The Tollund Man as, despite comparing him to "workers", he continually associates the Man with "Saints" and "goddesses" and implies not only the Tollund Man's immortality but also his ability to "germinate" and create others. also immortal.