Contemporary Poetry: Seamus Heaney’s “Digging”

Question 3 of 10 • MCS English IV Semester 2 BL

Read the excerpt from "Digging."The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft Against the inside knee was levered firmly.He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deepTo scatter new potatoes that we picked,Loving their cool hardness in our hands.Read the haiku by Bashō. Early fall—the sea and the rice fields all one green.Which sentence best explains the similarities between the excerpt from "Digging” and the haiku?

Answer

Both are concerned with the topic of writing.

Both are concerned with the topic of seasons.

Both are concerned with the topic of farming.

Both are concerned with the topic of working.

Fantasy Literature: J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring

Fantasy Literature: J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring

Fantasy Literature: J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring