Which lines from the poem "digging” use assonance? check all that apply.
-the squat pen rests; snug as a gun.
-when the spade sinks into gravelly ground:
-bends low, comes up twenty years away
-by god, the old man could handle a spade.
-nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods

The lines with assonance are:

- The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.
- Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods.

Assonance is one of the most common rhetorical devices, used most frequently in poetry. It is the repetition of vowels in adjacent words or phrases, emphasizing the melody of the language. The vowels don't have to be identical.