Compare the poems "Old Man, Old Man" and "Digging"

... Both the poems "Old Man, Old Man" and "Digging" focus on the relationships seen between parent and child. Yet both poems portray this relationship in a different way. "Old Man, Old Man" conveys the idea of a child feeling that their father is no longer able and can not do anything. "Digging", on the other hand, portrays the admiration of a child for his father's strength and skill. To begin with, we notice that the child in "Old man, Old Man" does not seem to show much love for her father, we see this when she states. "He lives in a world of small recalcitrant / things in bottles". Through "small recalcitrant" we can see that she has a very "small" view on old people. We also notice how she feels that they are "now not useful". We also notice her view that with old age one becomes helpless and are

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