In Digging , the first poem in Opened Ground, Heaney likens his pen to both spade and gun With these metaphors in place, he makes clear his difficult poetic task to delve into the past, both personal and historic, while remaining ever mindful of the potentially fatal power of language Born and raised in Northern Ireland, where any hint of Gaelic tradition in one s spee In Digging , the first poem in Opened Ground, Heaney likens his pen to both spade and gun With these metaphors in place, he make More...
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