DIGGING. Seamus Heaney's mission statement poem. "Digging" is the first poem from Heaney's first book of verse, the one that sets out his intentions for his poetry and tells us what kind of poet he wants to be. "Digging" achieves this, but it is also a celebration of family tradition and how traditions can be used and moulded by the next generation, who may have different work and different tools but still find an ethic to emulate.
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