A rowan like a lipsticked girl.
Between the by-road and the main road
Alder trees at a wet and dripping distance
Stand off among the rushes.
The poem starts with a vivid  simile , the red berries on the rowan tree likened to a “lipsticked girl”. Immediately, Heaney’s imagination and inventiveness draws the reader in. Note that the rowan tree is native of Europe and the Uniked Kingdom. 

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