Contemporary Poetry: Seamus Heaney’s “Digging” — Unit test
Question 7 of 25 • 26-27 Ignite English 12 NG KY-English Language Arts 12
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.
Answer
A
The alliteration makes the poem sound disjointed and choppy.
B
The alliteration disconnects the speaker from the earth.
C
The alliteration creates pleasing and interesting sounds.
D
The alliteration shows that the speaker is a poet.