Download a PDF to print or study offline.
Study Guide
Bibliography
Course Hero. "Digging Study Guide." Course Hero. 3 Jan. 2019. Web. 30 May 2023. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Digging/>.
In text
(Course Hero)
Bibliography
Course Hero. (2019, January 3). Digging Study Guide. In Course Hero. Retrieved May 30, 2023, from https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Digging/
In text
(Course Hero, 2019)
Bibliography
Course Hero. "Digging Study Guide." January 3, 2019. Accessed May 30, 2023. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Digging/.
Footnote
Course Hero, "Digging Study Guide," January 3, 2019, accessed May 30, 2023, https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Digging/.
Seamus Heaney
1966
Poem
Memoir
The first-person speaker in "Digging" is the poet himself, first observing his father and then recalling memories of his father and grandfather.
"Digging" is narrated in both present and past tense.
In "Digging," the poet sees the act of writing poetry as digging for meaning and memory in the soil of Ireland. His digging is a metaphorical version of the literal digging his father and grandfather did before him.
This study guide for Seamus Heaney's Digging offers summary and analysis on themes, symbols, and other literary devices found in the text. Explore Course Hero's library of literature materials, including documents and Q&A pairs.
Have study documents to share about Digging? Upload them to earn free Course Hero access!