that the] boy will” leave him, as he desperately begs for the “boy” to stay and listen to the stories he’s already heard and used to enjoy “once more.” This is where the relationship shown between the father and son starts to take …show more content…
The opening of this stanza, “the boy is here,” adds to this feeling as well, pulling both the poem and the father back to the present. As in the beginning, the son is asking for “a story,” creating a sort of “emotional” plea. The poem wraps itself up with a return to that initial feeling of closeness in the relationship between father and son through the explanation that the “father’s love’ towards the son is the reason why he feels so much pressure and, albeit irrational, fear of disappointing the boy with his