Séamus Heaney-Digging Flashcards

1
Q

Between my finger and my thumb

The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.

A

Between my finger and my thumb

The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.

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Under my window, a clean rasping sound
When the spade sinks into gravelly ground:
My father, digging. I look down

A

Under my window, a clean rasping sound
When the spade sinks into gravelly ground:
My father, digging. I look down

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3
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Bends low, comes up twenty years away

A

Bends low, comes up twenty years away

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4
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He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep

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He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep

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5
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Loving their cool hardness in our hands.

A

Loving their cool hardness in our hands.

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By God, the old man could handle a spade.

Just like his old man.

A

By God, the old man could handle a spade.

Just like his old man.

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7
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then fell to right away

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then fell to right away

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8
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Nicking and slicing neatly

A

Nicking and slicing neatly

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9
Q

The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slap

Of soggy peat

A

The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slap

Of soggy peat

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

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

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Q

Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests.
I’ll dig with it.

A

Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests.
I’ll dig with it.

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