What does the sower do , as the speaker watches him?

As the sun sets and the hours for planting seeds come to a close, the speaker is fascinated by the sower's motion and his figure as he sets about his farming task. As the scene gets darker and darker, the silhouetted figure of the sower also becomes less and less distinct, and the speaker muses on the almost transcendent nature of his exercise. By the end of the poem, we are made to consider the mundane in a new and exciting light, as well as think about the contrast between the speaker, who sits more or less indoors, and the sower, whose job necessarily involves engagement with nature.