Read the excerpt from "Digging." Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. Under my window, a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My father, digging. I look down Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds Bends low, comes up twenty years away Stooping in rhythm through potato drills Where he was digging. Read the haiku by Bashō. A crow has settled on a bare branch - autumn evening. How does the structure of these poems differ? "Digging" is a one-stanza poem with many lines, while Bashō's haiku has multiple stanzas with few lines. "Digging" is a long poem with no sound devices, while Bashō's haiku is a short poem with many sound devices. "Digging" has many stanzas of equal length, while Bashō's haiku has many stanzas of varying lengths. "Digging" has multiple stanzas of varying length, while Bashō's haiku has only one stanza of three lines.

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Laila Sexton

15 April, 00:45

Read the excerpt from "Digging." Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. Under my window, a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My father, digging. I look down Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds Bends low, comes up twenty years away Stooping in rhythm through potato drills Where he was digging. Read the haiku by Bashō. A crow has settled on a bare branch - autumn evening. How does the structure of these poems differ? "Digging" is a one-stanza poem with many lines, while Bashō's haiku has multiple stanzas with few lines. "Digging" is a long poem with no sound devices, while Bashō's haiku is a short poem with many sound devices. "Digging" has many stanzas of equal length, while Bashō's haiku has many stanzas of varying lengths. "Digging" has multiple stanzas of varying length, while Bashō's haiku has only one stanza of three lines.

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Alan Wilson · Answer 1

"Digging" has multiple stanzas of varying length, while Bashō's haiku has only one stanza of three lines. (last option)

Explanation:

Seamus Heaney's "Digging" has eight stanzas. The first and the fifth stanzas have two lines each; the second and the eighth stanzas have three lines each; the third and seventh stanzas have four lines each; the fourth stanza has five lines, and the sixth stanza has eight lines.

Bashō's haiku has only one stanza of three lines.

Pugsley · Answer 2

Its D, I took the test and got it right