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How did Seamus Heaney describe Sorley MacLean's impact on Scottish Gaelic poetry?
He saved it
He revolutionized it
He modernized it
He revived it
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The Irish poet Seamus Heaney described Sorley MacLean's impact on Scottish Gaelic poetry as having "saved it". Heaney believed that MacLean was the only Scottish Gaelic poet of his time who was able to write poems that were both true to the tradition of Scottish Gaelic poetry and also modern and relevant.
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