Question 55 • 26-27 Ignite Technical Math-Financial Math - MA2007
Read the excerpt from "Digging"The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slapOf soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edgeThrough living roots awaken in my head.But I’ve no spade to follow men like them.Between my finger and my thumbThe squat pen rests.I’ll dig with it.Read the haiku by Bashō. When the winter chrysanthemums go,there’s nothing to write about but radishes.What common concern do these poems share?
Answer
A
Both poems recognize the passing of seasons.
B
Both poems find a link between farming and the act of writing.
C
Both poems put a higher value on farming than writing.
D
Both poems lament the dying of flowers and other vegetation.
Explanation
Both poems connect growing or digging things with writing. In “Digging,” the speaker compares his pen to the spade his family uses to work the soil and decides, “I’ll dig with it.” Bashō’s haiku mentions radishes as the subject left to write about after the chrysanthemums are gone. Together, the poems link farming and the act of writing.
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