Compare the ways in which Heaney presents family feelings in 'Digging' and 'Follower'

... Compare the ways in which Heaney presents family feelings in 'Digging' and 'Follower' 'Digging' and 'Follower' by Seamus Heaney both gives an insight into generational changes. 'Digging' describes how 'digging' has become a family tradition, from his grandfather digging peat who "cut more turf in a day/ Than any other man on Toner's bog", which shows that he is a hardworking man, to his father digging flowerbeds. He shows that he is going to carry on the 'digging' tradition with his "squat pen", unlike the traditional spade. In 'Follower', the poem is mainly based on his father and him. It shows how he used to follow his father literally and metaphorically "All I ever did was follow" until slowly their positions are reversed until it is his "father who keeps stumbling/ Behind", this is very ironic as it shows how such a strong man who inspires others could stumble behind his

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