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by Seamus Heaney Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. Under my window, a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My father, digging. I look down Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds Bends low, comes up twenty years away Stooping in rhythm through potato drills Where he was digging.
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Irish poet Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1995 and one of the 20th century's greatest poets, has died aged 74. Watch a recording.
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"Digging" is a poem by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney. The poem centers a speaker who has chosen to pursue poetry as his vocation. Whereas his father and grandfather both made their living through agricultural labor, the speaker will metaphorically use his pen to "dig" through layers of history, memory, and meaning.
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Seamus Heaney's "Digging," originally published as the opening poem of Heaney's celebrated collection Death of a Naturalist (1966), is an intense, onomatopoeic exploration of family, tradition, and inheritance.
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"Digging" is one of the most widely known poems by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney and serves as the opening poem of Heaney's debut 1966 poetry collection, Death of a Naturalist. It begins with the speaker hovering over a blank page with a pen, preparing to write.
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'Digging' is a poem that repays close analysis because of such local effects. It's one of Seamus Heaney's first great triumphs as a poet and is one of his finest achievements. By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) 'Digging' appeared in Seamus Heaney's first collection, Death of a Naturalist, in 1966.
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By Seamus Heaney Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. Under my window, a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My father, digging. I look down Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds Bends low, comes up twenty years away Stooping in rhythm through potato drills Where he was digging.
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About Seamus Heaney. Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) is unique among contemporary poets for having devoted critical as well as popular readerships. A prolific poet and essayist, Heaney is particularly beloved for the lyrical beauty of his verse, which often manages to sound like ordinary speech despite its finely wrought nature.
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1 viewer 31.9K views 18 Contributors Digging Lyrics Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. Under my window a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks into gravelly.
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1 Summary 2 Analysis of Digging 3 Historical Significance Summary This poem is autobiographical in nature. The speaker, presumably Heaney, is sitting at his writing desk, preparing to write, when he hears his father working in the garden outside.
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Digging by Seamus Heaney. Between my finger and my thumb. The squat pin rest; snug as a gun. Under my window, a clean rasping sound. When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My father, digging. I look down. Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds. Bends low, comes up twenty years away.
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When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My father, digging. I look down. Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds. Bends low, comes up twenty years away. Stooping in rhythm through potato drills. Where he was digging. The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft. Against the inside knee was levered firmly.
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DIGGING Seamus Heaney, "Digging" from Death of a Naturalist. Copyright 1966 by Seamus Heaney. Scroll for Poem Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. Under my window, a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My father, digging. I look down
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By Seamus Heaney Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. Under my window, a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My father, digging. I look down Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds Bends low, comes up twenty years away Stooping in rhythm through potato drills Where he was digging.