12. At the head rig, with a single pluck
Of reins, the sweating team turned round
And back into the land.
13. His eye Narrowed and angled at the ground, Mapping the furrow
exactly.
14. Seamus Heaney was an Irish poet and writer. The
poem ‘Follower’ by Seamus Heaney is an address to
a father by his son admiringly. The poet describes
the toils of his father who worked with a horse-
plough. His bulged shoulders are compared to a full
sail. At the clicking of his tongue the horses move
forward with effort. His father is an expert
ploughman. He makes ready the horses and plucks
out the sod without breaking, with a single pull at
the head rigs of the horses. When the horses turn
round and come back into the land, the father
watches the furrow carefully.
