Irwin uses imagery to express the heartening recollections of his father. The poet takes out his father’s hat and then describes the feelings that arise when he smells the hat. There are two descriptions of taking in a fragrance that in turn allows you to feel the nostalgia. “Where the musky scent/of rain clinging to damp earth was/his scent I loved” (7-9) and the following:
… lingering on bands, leather, and on the inner silk crowns where I would smell his hair and almost think I was being held… (9-13)
The imagery is so vivid that it is able to transport the reader to the moment when the intake of scent equated to remembering the smell of his father. It established that the poet found comfort in warm memories. In stark
… lingering on bands, leather, and on the inner silk crowns where I would smell his hair and almost think I was being held… (9-13)
The imagery is so vivid that it is able to transport the reader to the moment when the intake of scent equated to remembering the smell of his father. It established that the poet found comfort in warm memories. In stark