Answer the following briefly:
How does Heaney compare the past and present in the poem?
The poet compares the past and present through the kind of potato harvest both times saw. Also, by showing the use of machinery in the present, he distinguishes it from the past time of hardship. He also shows how the present generation is thankful for the harvest because they are aware of the hardships of their ancestors.
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