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"Digging" by Seamus Heany Overview

“Digging” is a free-verse poem by Irish poet Seamus Heaney. It was originally published in this first full-length collection Death of a Naturalist, in 1966, as its opening poem. “Digging” is a celebration of the Irish agricultural tradition and a complex look at the relationship between art and family legacy.

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