The Poem uses many literary devices to convey the complex relationship between a father and son through the use of imagery, dialogue, metaphors, foreshadowing and diction.
The point of view of the poem is written from a 3rd person perspective. This conversation with himself highlights the level of reflection and thought given towards struggles with his child. Written from a 3rd person perspective, the poem allows the reader to make their own opinions or feelings towards the father and his inability to satisfy his son’s desires.
The first 2 lines of the poem starts with a statement about the father’s inability to fulfill the needs of somebody. This leaves the reader to question the father’s incapability to come up with a story. Has the father …show more content…
It seems the Son and father do this on a regular basis maybe even a tradition.
The father so far in the poem is the one that holds the book and therefore power of what happens next. This power-play can indicate some foreshadowing.
In lines 6-9 we can observe a power shift from the father to the son. The father’s mood sudden becomes somewhat panicked by what his son must think of him.
The same problem occurs, the father’s inability to tell new stories to his son cause a sense of panic and frustration. This feeling only intensifies when he is faced with all the stories available around him but has no access to. On line 9, The diction of “give up” gives the reader a deeper understanding of the boy. The boy is not leaving because he is growing up from childhood into adulthood, but rather he is disappointed and has lost hope in his father to produce stories. The stories in this case is the father’s ability to provide for the boy and take care of …show more content…
The imagery used explaining the way the boy responds immediately gives us some insight as to where the relationship between the father and son is going. We can observe that the boy is physically growing up and questioning the higher power that may be. “Are you a God… Am i God? The questions asked between the boy and the father strengthens the fact that the power over things has shifted to the boy.
With this drastic power switch, it puts the son in a God-like position therefore belittling the father. This is all because the father wants his son happy. This switch of power paints a picture of how children are sometimes so entangled in their own selfishness. Children can sometimes be perceived in a Godlike position; every need being met by the parents that just want their children happy.
Lines 19-23 uses some parallelism when talking about the question of telling a story. The father makes the conclusion that the boy will be a man just as he has. The boy will return and visit his father but not as a boy, but as an adult. In the end When the son asks for a story, he must no fraught in what his son will think of him. The question itself isn’t something you think about, instead you feel it. In the end, the Complex desire of a son/boy and The type of love a father can give leads both of them
The point of view of the poem is written from a 3rd person perspective. This conversation with himself highlights the level of reflection and thought given towards struggles with his child. Written from a 3rd person perspective, the poem allows the reader to make their own opinions or feelings towards the father and his inability to satisfy his son’s desires.
The first 2 lines of the poem starts with a statement about the father’s inability to fulfill the needs of somebody. This leaves the reader to question the father’s incapability to come up with a story. Has the father …show more content…
It seems the Son and father do this on a regular basis maybe even a tradition.
The father so far in the poem is the one that holds the book and therefore power of what happens next. This power-play can indicate some foreshadowing.
In lines 6-9 we can observe a power shift from the father to the son. The father’s mood sudden becomes somewhat panicked by what his son must think of him.
The same problem occurs, the father’s inability to tell new stories to his son cause a sense of panic and frustration. This feeling only intensifies when he is faced with all the stories available around him but has no access to. On line 9, The diction of “give up” gives the reader a deeper understanding of the boy. The boy is not leaving because he is growing up from childhood into adulthood, but rather he is disappointed and has lost hope in his father to produce stories. The stories in this case is the father’s ability to provide for the boy and take care of …show more content…
The imagery used explaining the way the boy responds immediately gives us some insight as to where the relationship between the father and son is going. We can observe that the boy is physically growing up and questioning the higher power that may be. “Are you a God… Am i God? The questions asked between the boy and the father strengthens the fact that the power over things has shifted to the boy.
With this drastic power switch, it puts the son in a God-like position therefore belittling the father. This is all because the father wants his son happy. This switch of power paints a picture of how children are sometimes so entangled in their own selfishness. Children can sometimes be perceived in a Godlike position; every need being met by the parents that just want their children happy.
Lines 19-23 uses some parallelism when talking about the question of telling a story. The father makes the conclusion that the boy will be a man just as he has. The boy will return and visit his father but not as a boy, but as an adult. In the end When the son asks for a story, he must no fraught in what his son will think of him. The question itself isn’t something you think about, instead you feel it. In the end, the Complex desire of a son/boy and The type of love a father can give leads both of them