Death of a Naturalist Lesson Plan

How does the speaker portray his father, in the past and present, in "Follower"? How does this representation compare to the portrayal of the speaker's father in the collection's first poem, "Digging"?

In "Follower," the speaker begins by describing his father's precise work with the hard-to-steer and hard-to-manage horse-plow, demonstrating his strength and grit in driving through all the hardships of being a farmer. The speaker conveys the focus and determination of his father through the meticulous description of his plowing process. He refers to him as "an expert" who has the power to narrow his eye and angle the plow at just the right spot in the ground, "mapping...