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4 Cards in this Set
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'Nicking and _______ neatly heaving sods...' |
'slicing' |
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Why does he feel guilty at the start of poem? |
Because he didn't follow the family tradition of farming and went on to poems |
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What does the line 'Against the inside knee was levered family' suggest? |
It suggests that he was an expert digger and Heaney was respectful of that |
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Why does he 'look down'? |
'I look down' means that he is ashamed and feels horrible not following his family tradition |
