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What does it mean when it says he'll dig with his gun?

It means with his pen, he is digging up the memories of his past digging with his father and family on lon

On line 15 who does Heaney refer to?

God

Why does he feel guilty at the start of the poem?

Because he didn't follow the family tradition of farming and went on to write poems

How does digging relate to the author Seamus Heaney?

He grew up on a farm with his father and grandfather in ireland