In "Digging," how does the speaker feel toward the example set by his father and grandfather?

The speaker respects his father’s and grandfather’s skill and dedication to digging, but he does not take up their work. Instead, he says, “I’ll dig with it,” referring to his pen: he will follow their example of hard work through writing. So he feels he would do well to follow their example in his own way.

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