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Contemporary Poetry: Seamus Heaney’s “Digging” — Quiz

Question 6 • English Language Arts 12

Read the excerpt from "Digging." Under my window, a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My father, digging. I look down Read the haiku by Bashō. Clear water— a tiny crab crawling up my leg. Which statement best describes the similarities between the excerpt from "Digging” and the haiku?

Answer
A
Both explore the topic of farming.
B
Both use alliteration to connect ideas and create interesting sounds.
C
Both are disjointed by the sound devices used by the poets.
D
Both shift from the present time to the past.
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