What is Heaney's attitude to his forefathers as depicted in the poem Digging In Digging Seamus Heaney - shows his deep respect and love for his father and grandfather Heaney admires their hard work as farmers He admires their strength and skill He also realizes that his own work will be different Instead of digging with a spade he will dig with his pen as a poet Respect for His Father and Grandfather Heaney watches his father digging outside the window The sound of the spade reminds him of his childhood It was a time when his father used to dig potatoes and his grandfather used to cut turf He describes his father proudly By God the old man could handle a spade It means his father was very skilled with a spade This shows his deep admiration He remembers how his grandfather could cut more turf in a day