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Compare And Contrast Seamus Heaney's Poems 'Digging' And 'Follower'.
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- Sun Oct 05 2003

... Compare And Contrast Seamus Heaney's Poems 'Digging' And 'Follower' Seamus Heaney's poems, 'Digging' and 'Follower' portray to us the strong relationship between the father and son, as Heaney tends to look up to the elders in his family. Both poems create that pastoral type of atmosphere with the title, 'Digging' suggesting to us digging into the past. 'Follower' on the other hand gives us the image of the child's view of farming of imitating his father's actions. The poems suggest the perfection of Heaney's father at manual labour, introducing someone for Heaney to look up to and admire. The poem 'Follower' illustrates to us the strength and skill, which is processed in Heaney's father. The poem 'Digging' suggests to us the great amount of immense skill needed to master working in the fields of the countryside. Both 'Digging' and 'Follower' tell us stories, which are similar and different in many













