Question

“Mistress, I dug upon your grave

To bury a bone, in case
I should be hungry near this spot
When passing on my daily trot.”

In “Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?” by Thomas Hardy, why was the woman’s dog digging on her grave in the poem?

1.to bury a bone
2.to locate a toy
3.to find his mistress
4.to mark his trail

Answer 1

The answer to your fabulous question is a or 1

Answer 2

The correct answer: 1. to bury a bone.

Explanation: In “Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?” by Thomas Hardy, the narrator is a dead woman speaking from her tomb, and she asks who is digging her grave. She finds out it is her dog that is digging and assumes that he is trying to reach her (Why flashed it not on me/ That one true heart was left behind!) but the dog explains that not only is he digging to bury his bone, he forgot it was her resting place.