a) Soil
b) Uncovering buried things
c) Dirt
d) Treasure hunt
e) Planting trees
f) Memories
Q4.
a) Pen - seems to not go along the theme of digging
b) Toner's bog - unusual sounding name for a place
Q5.
a) Run-on-lines
My father, digging, I look down (2nd stanza, last line)
Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds (3rd stanza, first line)
b) Metaphors
NIL
c) Similes
snug as a gun
d) Personification
NIL
e) Alliteration
spade sinks
gravelly ground
squelch and slap of soggy peat
curt cuts
f) Assonance
NIL
g) Onomatopoeia
Rasping
Sloppily
Slicing
Squelch
Slap
Soggy
h) Symbolism
Living roots --> Thoughts
Pen --> Educated
Q6.
Theme --> Digging
Spade
Gravelly ground
Flowerbeds
Potato drills
Heaving sods
Soggy peat
Q8.
The author wants to follow in his father's and grandfather's footsteps.
Q9.
a) Poet
b) Everyone
c) Sincere
d) Same
e) Organized because of stanzas, and forcing you to read on, because of run-on-lines.
f) Makes it easier to read, and forces you to read.
Q10.
The author was an educated person, judging from the fact that he has a pen, and that does not fit into the whole theme of digging. The author keeps talking about his father and his grandfather digging the earth. Thus, in the last two stanzas, the author has thoughts of following in their footsteps by applying his knowledge, even though he does not have the skills.
I believe that this poem was about the writer choosing a different path in terms of career. I disagree to the fact that the pen did not seem related to digging as it tells us that the writer had decided to become a writer instead of a gardener.
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