Sad Silence In Li-Young Lee’s poem “A Story” he shows the relationship of a father and his son as the boy is coming of age. He shows the complex relationship between a son and his father through the use of Alternating viewpoints, structure design, and a remorseful tone. Through the use of these literary devices he is able to develop the father’s deep affection and worry for his young son. Throughout the poem “A Story” the speaker employs alternating viewpoints between the present and future. The beginning of the poem takes place in present time while the little boy is sitting on his father’s lap. “A new one” (4). The son is demanding his father to tell him a new story. The father is struggling to imagine a story he has not told his son
