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Digging
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Seamus Heaney
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Digging Quotes
Find quotes from this poem, with commentary from Shmoop. Pick a theme below to begin.
Strength and Skill Quotes
When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: (4)
Family Quotes
My father, digging. I look down (5)
Identity Quotes
Between my finger and my thumbThe squat pen rests; (1-2)
Man and the Natural World Quotes
When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: (4)
Admiration Quotes
My father, digging. I look down (5)
