Full poem:

Tell all the truth but tell it slant — (1263)

Tell all the truth but tell it slant —

For more on Emily Dickinson, see https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinson

Links:

• Emily Dickons, Tell all the truth but tell it slant --
• Emily Dickinson | Poetry Foundation

In this episode, we begin learning about poetry through Seamus Heaney's great poem "Digging."

For the text of Heaney's poem, please see: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47555/digging

To hear Seamus Heaney reading this poem himself, please see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNRkPU1LSUg

For more on Seamus Heaney, please visit: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/seamus-heaney

Links:

• Digging by Seamus Heaney | Poetry Foundation
• Seamus Heaney reading "Digging"
• More on Seamus Heaney
• Seamus Heaney, Death of a Naturalist