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Anonymous

Nov 01, 2024

Which idea is typically associated with the word spade from excerpt of digging

What concept is typically associated with the term "spade" in the context of digging?

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D) hard work.Explanation:  The connotation of a word is the meaning given by the context or even by the readers (or listeners) based on their emotions or personal experiences. In the given excerpt from "Digging" we can see the use of the word "spade" which is typically associated (its connotation) with hard word, because digging with a spade is usually really hard. So the correct answer is the corresponding to option D.
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Anonymous

Jan 30, 2025

Hard work.Explanation:The poem "Digging" by Seamus Heaney is part of the collection of works by the author in his "Death of a Naturalist". It is a no- nonsense poem but refers a great deal of affection and importance to the land. Ireland in those times was dependent on the land for their livelihood. Fields and farms constitute a major part of their economy. This particular poem "Digging" is also replete with themes of work, ritual and the need to be rooted to one's beginnings. The poet as a young man, through this poem, shows that he is deeply close to his roots, working hard but still his home is never far from his thoughts. The description of the digging shows the hard work of the father, and also the hard work that it involves. The "spade" is typically associated with the image of hard work.
Literally, it could be to dig over something (from the ground), using a spade or any other tool. It could also be roughly used to mean to plow the soil in order to cultivate something.Figuratively, following the literal analogy of unearsthing something, it could be used with the idea of uncovering (maybe a secret), to investigate deeply into something (a crime; mystery).
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Anonymous

Jan 18, 2025

The idea that is typically associated with the word spade is Hard workExplanation:In the line from the poem "Digging." by Seamus Heaney "But I've no spade to follow men like them. " the idea of the word spade refers to the hard work of his ancestors, how they worked their lands with their hands and unending hour of hard work to provide their families with what they need, while now he as a poet does not do what his ancestors used to.
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Anonymous

Feb 03, 2025

Kind of like a shoveling “spading” or just basically a tool with a sharp-edged rectangular metal blade used fro digging or cutting.
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Maegan Rippin

Jan 01, 2025

The answer is the last option D.) hard work. Just took the quiz.
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Anonymous

Dec 18, 2024

This is the only results I found for spade. I hope this helped a little bit! ?

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