Literary Devices for "Digging"
"...for the good turf. Digging." "...Where he was digging." "...My father, digging. I look down"
What literary device is present in this quote?
Repetition
"The cliffs fissure and collapse"
What literary device is present in this quote?
Imagery
What country is Seamus Heaney from?
Ireland
What country is Margaret Atwood from?
Canada
How many lines does a sonnet have?
14
How many couplets does this poem have?
2
"The trees unloose their soft arms from around you..."
What literary device is present in this quote?
Personification
What environment did Seamus Heaney grow up in?
What collection of hers does "The Moment" appear in?
Morning in the Burned House
What is a near rhyme?
When two words have the same vowel sound OR same consonant sound.
"the squelch and slap of soggy peat."
What literary device is present in this quote?
Onomatopoeia
Each stanza in this poem has 6 lines. What is this type of stanza called?
Sestet
"Digging" is the opening poem of his first book titled what?
Death of a Naturalist
At what age did Margaret Atwood start writing poems?
Age 5
What is the difference between alliteration and consonance?
Alliteration: the repeated appearance of a consonant at the START of a word.
Consonance: the repeated appearance of a consonant ANYWEARE in a word.
"Under my window, a clean rasping sound
When the spade sinks into gravelly ground
My father, digging. I look down"
What type of rhyme is present in these quotes?
End Rhyme
This poem has no repeating patterns of stressed or unstressed syllables nor rhyme scheme. What type of verse is this?
Free Verse
What English poet was Seamus Heaney inspired by?
Ted Hughes
What award has Margaret Atwood been awarded twice?
The Governor General's Award
What is iambic pentameter?
A series of 10 alternating stressed and unstressed syllables.
This poem is a short first-person work that expresses an emotion/idea. What specific type of poem is this?
Lyric
"You were a visitor, time after time
climbing the hill, planting the flag, proclaiming."
This sentence runs over to the next line without terminal punctation. What literary device is this?
Enjambment
The book states that Heaney's poems are characterized by themes and images taken from ______________.
the natural world / rural life.
What reason does the text give for the rise of literature in Margaret Atwood's home country?
A sense of nationalism spurred efforts to promote their culture
Margaret Atwood and Seamus Heaney are the authors of these poems. What is another name for the author of a poem?
Poet