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Contemporary Poetry: Seamus Heaney’s “Digging”

Question 2 • 26-27 Ignite English 12 NG KY-English Language Arts 12

Read the excerpt from "Digging."Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests...

Answer
A
The assonance connects the thumb and finger to the act of farming.
B
The assonance adds emphasis to the speaker’s past as a farmer.
C
The assonance creates a pleasing and interesting sound.
D
The assonance emphasizes that the speaker is writing about his father.
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