The title at 39 is very significant and could be interpreted as the age she wrote this poem or at what age her father died. She explains the situation her father is in at that point in time which is very important to her, this poem is written in free verse and short lines. The poem is not very structured so it seems like she is thinking about this rather than writing it, flowing from one thought to another and finally coming to a conclusion. By repeating the phrase ‘’How I miss my father’’(1) she wants to recall cheerful times with her father, this is a nostalgic feeling. The poem has a very slow pace however after the first half gets more hopeful rather than grieving. The whole poem is about the relationship between Walker’s father and her.
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There is a very strong contrast in dancing and yoga since one is very active however the other is very slow and relaxing. This must describe a very unique way the father cooks, his own special style. This she explains, she misses a lot, however in these stanza we see the transformation of her since now she overcame the grieving and is looking forward however still acknowledging everything her father did for her. The author explains that she learned a lot from him and know has taken his cooking style and does the same. In this part of the stanza to draw the reader's attention to it she includes an assonance. She is also very generous with her food just like her father taught her too. The final stanza is very much different than the others since it talks more about her rather than about her father. This stanza shows the love that she has for him and how much she learned from her father. When she starts the stanza of with ‘’he would have grown to admire the woman I’ve become’’(40-42) it explains that she misses him and would have liked him to see how she developed into a grown woman. She wants him to see that she has changed. When she says which thing she does in life: ‘’cooking, writing, chopping wood, staring into the fire’’(43-44), it means that she does not accept the stereotypical role of a woman but is also willing to do things like chopping
There is a very strong contrast in dancing and yoga since one is very active however the other is very slow and relaxing. This must describe a very unique way the father cooks, his own special style. This she explains, she misses a lot, however in these stanza we see the transformation of her since now she overcame the grieving and is looking forward however still acknowledging everything her father did for her. The author explains that she learned a lot from him and know has taken his cooking style and does the same. In this part of the stanza to draw the reader's attention to it she includes an assonance. She is also very generous with her food just like her father taught her too. The final stanza is very much different than the others since it talks more about her rather than about her father. This stanza shows the love that she has for him and how much she learned from her father. When she starts the stanza of with ‘’he would have grown to admire the woman I’ve become’’(40-42) it explains that she misses him and would have liked him to see how she developed into a grown woman. She wants him to see that she has changed. When she says which thing she does in life: ‘’cooking, writing, chopping wood, staring into the fire’’(43-44), it means that she does not accept the stereotypical role of a woman but is also willing to do things like chopping