The poet made an
interesting connection between his father's farm work with his writing.
The father in the poem was digging with a spade, and obviously the poet
was very proud of his father. The writer described his father's hole
digging and his grandfather's turf cutting work in detail, and he also
compared his grandfather with other workers. The comparison of the the
grandfather and other workers makes the grandfather stands out from
others workers.
Besides, the poet made a connection between himself, his father, and
his father not only by the family relationship, but also the work of
digging. The poet was not doing physical work, like digging, himself,
but he is able to virtualize his pen as a spade and determined to "dig"
with his "spade" just like his father once did.
The poem was embedded with emotions towards the poet's father and
grandfather with the interesting connection of digging.