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Explain the following lines.
"Like crows attacking crow-black fields".

This line means that the workers are adeptly picking out the potatoes, like crows from the field, which is black in its fertility.

Answer the following briefly:

How can Mother Earth give, as well as take away from her children?

Answer the following briefly:

How does Heaney compare the past and present in the poem?

Explain the following lines.

"To fish a new load from the crumbled surf".

Explain the following lines.

"Turns work to ritual".

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Poetry-3. At A Potato Digging

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Explain the following lines."Like crows attacking crow-black fields".