Contemporary Poetry: Seamus Heaney’s “Digging”

Question 1

Which statement best explains the effect of the word clean in this passage?

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C: It suggests that the speaker finds the sound of digging to be pleasant and wholesome.

Question 2

anger and fearfreedom and independence✔ comfort and warmth

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C: comfort and warmth

Question 3

Which words in the passage are linked by assonance?

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D: boot, rooted, and cool

Question 4

Which statement best describes the effects of assonance in the passage?

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A: The assonance connects the work of digging to the pleasure of holding the potatoes.; D: The assonance creates a link between the speaker’s writing and his father’s farming.

Question 5

Which lines from the poem use alliteration? Check all that apply.

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A: “My father, digging. I look down”; D: “He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep”; F: “Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods”

Question 6

Question 6

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C

Question 7

Question 7

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C: comfort and warmth

Question 8

Which words in the passage are linked by assonance?

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D: boot, rooted, and cool

Question 9

Which statement best describes the effects of assonance in the passage?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: The assonance connects the work of digging to the pleasure of holding the potatoes.

Question 10

Which lines from the poem use alliteration? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: “My father, digging. I look down”; D: “He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep”; F: “Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods”

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