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Digging A poem by Seamus Heaney
In this poem 'Digging' by Seamus Heaney, there is an element of ambiguity. The author writes this poem about a Father 'digging potatoes' - this however, is only on the surface. Underlying the true intention or meaning of the poem reveals the great admiration and respect for how hardworking his Father and Grandfather was. All though this may just be a poem about ....
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.... of the poet talking to us directly and also sets a 'snapshot' of time for the reader:
"Between my finger and my thumb/The squat pen rests; snug as a gun"
This opening line focuses our attention to the fact that this is set in present time. It is as if the opening lines in the first stanza is creating the beginning of his memories being told by the poet.
When Seamus Heaney uses the word "gun" in relation to his "pen." The author uses this simile "gun" to expr ....
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