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Digging Seamus Heaney
Within, the poem, "Digging" by Seamus Heaney, he talks about several sensory descriptions throughout the poem. The poem is about a boy who loves
to write and he writes about looking outside his window and describes his father and grandfather's occupation. The poem describes the gardening of the
father and grandfather is vivid description.
Firstly, Heaney brought up a sense of sight by explaining he is about ready to write with his pen in his hand. The author uses sensory description by
expressing where the pen was place within his fingers and the squat (stubby) pen rest. This expression represents sight by utilizing the pen rest and
comparing its coziness to gun. It makes the readers' believe they can actually see him holding the pen and the position he is in.
Another...show more content...
The listeners can vision the accurate cuts of the potatoes and how precise and evenly cut they all are. Then, you can see how his grandfather is going
through hard labor and the readers who have vivid descriptions can see sweat coming down his face, he looks exhausted and warned out.
Finally, the author uses smell and sight as a sensory describtion by the smell of the molded potato and squelch (wet) soggy dirt. This description is
very significant because when the audience reads this and if they know what molded food smells like they know that the smell is very harsh and
makes you sick to your stomach. Moreover, with the dirt when he is digging the readers can imagine hearing the squishiness of the sound of the shovel
going into the dirt, by the way can be a disturbing or interesting sound for some people.
In conclusion, Seamus Heaney used multiple sensory descriptions to display graphic representation of the poem. The portrayal of this poem exhibits
what Heaney wrote about with his father and grandfather and how they
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Digging Seamus Heaney

  • 1. Digging Seamus Heaney Within, the poem, "Digging" by Seamus Heaney, he talks about several sensory descriptions throughout the poem. The poem is about a boy who loves to write and he writes about looking outside his window and describes his father and grandfather's occupation. The poem describes the gardening of the father and grandfather is vivid description. Firstly, Heaney brought up a sense of sight by explaining he is about ready to write with his pen in his hand. The author uses sensory description by expressing where the pen was place within his fingers and the squat (stubby) pen rest. This expression represents sight by utilizing the pen rest and comparing its coziness to gun. It makes the readers' believe they can actually see him holding the pen and the position he is in. Another...show more content... The listeners can vision the accurate cuts of the potatoes and how precise and evenly cut they all are. Then, you can see how his grandfather is going through hard labor and the readers who have vivid descriptions can see sweat coming down his face, he looks exhausted and warned out. Finally, the author uses smell and sight as a sensory describtion by the smell of the molded potato and squelch (wet) soggy dirt. This description is very significant because when the audience reads this and if they know what molded food smells like they know that the smell is very harsh and makes you sick to your stomach. Moreover, with the dirt when he is digging the readers can imagine hearing the squishiness of the sound of the shovel going into the dirt, by the way can be a disturbing or interesting sound for some people. In conclusion, Seamus Heaney used multiple sensory descriptions to display graphic representation of the poem. The portrayal of this poem exhibits what Heaney wrote about with his father and grandfather and how they Get more content on HelpWriting.net