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By Seamus Heaney Molly Calhoon Broderick Yoerg Seamus Heaney 1939Today Born in Northern Protestant Ireland Worked on a farm in County Derry Influenced him to write about rural life Nobel Prize 1995 ID: 380031

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DiggingBy: Seamus Heaney

Molly Calhoon

Broderick YoergSlide2

Seamus Heaney (1939-Today)

Born in Northern Protestant Ireland

Worked on a farm in County Derry.

Influenced him to write about rural lifeNobel Prize 1995Poet, playwright, and translator

Historical poems about Ireland's ancestors

"I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of lift, of joy, of unexpected reward." -Seamus HeaneySlide3

Between my finger and my thumbThe 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 downSlide4

Till his straining rump among the flowerbedsBends low, comes up twenty years away

Stooping in rhythm through potato drills

Where he was diggingSlide5

The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaftAgainst the inside knee was levered firmly.

He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep

To scatter new potatoes that we picked

Loving their cool hardness in our hands.By God, the old man could handle a spade.Just like his old man.Slide6

My grandfather cut more turf in a dayThan any other man on Toner's bog.

Once I carried him milk in bottle

Corked sloppily with paper. He straightened up

To drink it, then fell to right awayNicking and slicing neatly, heaving sodsOver his shoulder, going down and downFor the good turf. Digging.Slide7

The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slapOf soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge

Through living roots awaken in my head.

But I've no spade to follow men like them.

Between my fingers and my thumbThe squat pen rests.I'll dig with it. Slide8

Paraphrase

Between my finger and my thumb

The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.

There is a pen in my hand. It feels like a gun.Slide9

Under my window, a clean rasping sound

When the spade sinks into gravelly ground:

My father, digging. I look down

There is a sound outside my window of a shovel digging. It is my father. I look out my window.Slide10

Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds

Bends low, comes up twenty years away

Stooping in rhythm through potato drills

Where he was digging.Until his hardworking butt in the garden bends down, he stands up, and it is like 20 years ago. He bends down rhythmically in the potato fields where he was digging. Slide11

The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft

Against the inside knee was levered firmly.

His worn out boot was on the shovel, and he had a firm, steady grasp on it.Slide12

He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep

To scatter new potatoes that we picked,

Loving their cool hardness in our hands.

He dug up potato roots with the shiny shovel. We picked these. They feel cool and hard in our hands.Slide13

By God, the old man could handle a spade.

Just like his old man.

Wow, my dad was really good at this, just like my grandpa.Slide14

My grandfather cut more turf in a day

Than any other man on Toner’s bog.

Once I carried him milk in a bottle

Corked sloppily with paper. He straightened upMy grandpa dug more turf than anyone where he worked. Once, I brought him some milk with paper in the top. He stood up.Slide15

To drink it, then fell to right away

Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods

Over his shoulder, going down and down

For the good turf. Digging.He drank it quickly, then got right back to his technical work. He dug deep to get to the rich turf. Digging.Slide16

The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slap

Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge

Through living roots awaken in my head.

But I’ve no spade to follow men like them.The smell of potatoes, sound of peat, and sharp edges all come alive through the ties to my past in my head. But I don't have the same tools to do work like my dad and grandpa.Slide17

Between my finger and my thumb

The squat pen rests.

I'll dig with it.

The pen is in my hand again. I'll use that to do my work.Slide18

Connotation

Melody:

Inconsistent Rhyming- first few lines

Breaking patterns was a Modernism trait; It is untraditional.Ex. "sound" and "ground"Internal Rhyming- like a song; vowels

Ex. "thumb" and "gun"Slide19

Connotation

Rhythm:

Starts in dactylic tetrameter to get a songlike flow

Ex. "Under my window a clean rasping sound"Changes to free verse- no meterShows Modernism again because it was breaking a comfortable norm.Slide20

Connotation

Imagery:

Simile "The squat pen rests, snug as a gun"

Strange comparisonTrying to increase his work's importanceViolent tool

Brings guns into question- ModernismOnomatopoeia- Ex. "squelch"Very specific words- "clean rasping sound"Slide21

Attitude

Reflective

Questioning the past

Questioning his futureDifferences between themSlide22

Shift

Subject change: father to grandfather

Shows deep roots

Tense change: present to pastShows that it is a memoryEx. "the spade sinks" to "where he

was digging"Slide23

Title

After analyzing the poem, what do you think the title means?

Win a potato!Slide24

Title

Digging has multiple meanings

Literal digging

Digging into the pastDigging for info when writingShows the importance of work to him

Instead of naming it "Family"Slide25

Themes

Family is the most important tie we have.

Relates everything he does to his family

Considers them hard, skilled workersEx. "By God, the old man could handle a spade."Slide26

Themes

Discovering yourself is necessary to succeed.

Different trade from his family

Ex. "But I've no spade to follow men like them."Questions his choice at the beginning; realizes he can "dig" too at the end.Modernism- questioning valuesSlide27

Purpose

Helps everyone to see that being different is okay

Lyric- Talks about his emotions over changing the family patternSlide28
Slide29

Bibliography

Duffy, Charles F. "Heaney's DIGGING."

Explicator

46.4 (1988): 44. EBCO MegaFILE. Web. 28 Apr. 2013.

A. This source discusses a possible allusion to the Bible in the first stanza of the poem. It also analyzes the different connotations of the simile included in that stanza. Lastly, it tells of the different types of digging to which the title may be referring.B. This source has authority because it was published by the literary journal "The Explicator". Charles F. Duffy was a well-respected writer for this journal. The source is also accurate because it uses many other sources to back up its conclusions. Duffy quotes the poet in his analysis of certain phrases. He also includes relevant background information about Ireland.

C. This source was used to help analyze the title of the poem. The analysis of the simile in the first stanza was also used for analyzing the poem's overall connotation. It was unique because it focused on a few very specific parts of the poem rather than the poem as a whole.

"Digging."

EXPLORING Poetry

. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003.

Discovering Collection

. Gale. Independent School District 191. 28 Apr. 2013

A. This source digs into the meaning of the title and further analyzes the poet's admiration of not only his family, but the hard work they do. Also, this source describes the author's affection of rustic Irish past/tradition. Finally, this source helps analyze the poem by showing us how the author talks about nature and his love for it and the way that ties with the work of his family.

B. This source has authority because it is from a well-known poetry analyzer called "EXPLORING Poetry." This organization has been around for 5 years and has analyzed many poems. This also shows accuracy because he quotes the poem several times in his analysis, showing his depth and knowledge of the poem. This source is credible because it is from the Gale Learning Center, which many schools use to source documents.

C. This source was unique because it compared this poem to another one of Heaney's poems, "

Death Of a Naturalist"

and compared the two through analysis of the title and he talks about the bond they share about how they both deal with Irish tradition and Heaney's past.