Digging (Seamus Heaney poem)

The entire poem can be read as the poet's attempt to come in teams with his chosen profession? Do you agree give reason for your opinion?

The entire poem can be read as the poet's attempt to come in teams with his chosen profession? Do you agree give reason for your opinion?

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Work might be the most important theme in this poem. The speaker focuses on his own craft, as well as the crafts of his father and grandfather. He distinguishes between the different types of digging—for flowers, potatoes, or peat—and much of his language expresses the strenuous nature of the farming work. The speaker does not spend as much time explicating his own craft, but that may be because the poem itself is meant to be evidence of his skill as a writer.

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