What similarities and differences can you see in 'The Thought-Fox' and 'Digging' in terms of ideas, language, structure, and rhythm / rhyme?- How might these aspects affect any reading of the poem?

... What similarities and differences can you see in 'The Thought-Fox' and 'Digging' in terms of ideas, language, structure, and rhythm / rhyme? - How might these aspects affect any reading of the poem? I found that one of the most significant similarities between 'The Thought-Fox' by Ted Hughes and 'Digging' by Seamus Heaney, was how the poets in question talked about their writing process, their creative process in the poem itself. In each poem the voice of the poet is easily distinguished, as they are both written in the first person. This is a most superlative way for the creator of the poems to write about what they see directly, to relate their experiences and memories to the reader directly. They write about the scenes which they can see through their "window" and at the same time involve the senses in these poems which helps make a connection with any reader of

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