Digging : Key info
Digging is a notable literary work by Seamus Heaney. A complete discussion of this literary work is given, which will help you enhance your literary skills and prepare for the exam. Read the Main texts, Key info, Summary, Themes, Characters, Literary devices, Quotations, Notes, and various study materials of Digging.
Key info
Key Facts
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- Poet: Seamus Heaney (1939-2013)
- Full Title: Digging
- Published: 1966 in Heaney’s poetry collection, Death of a Naturalist
- Meter and Rhyme Scheme: “Digging” is written in free verse, meaning it has no strict meter or rhyme scheme.
- Total Lines: 31
- Tone: Respectful, thoughtful, and proud
- Setting: The poet’s home — looking out from his window at his father working in the garden
- Speaker: The poet himself (Heaney)
- Main Characters: The poet, his father, and his grandfather
- Famous Lines:
“Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests.
I’ll dig with it.”
- Message: The poet honors his father and grandfather’s hard work but chooses to “dig” in his own way — with his pen, through poetry.
