The Fallen Boy Poem Analysis

There are many objects that are symbolizes in the second stanza that can represent more than a simple image. The young child and his family who are unfortunate to be struck by the fallen boy can be seen more than just death by looking at the “young child”(12). The innocence, leaving a child can be symbolized after witnessing the death of someone at an adolescent age. The fateful accident causes the immigrant to lose more than just a life and witnessing a death. Reflecting on the detrimental event the couple would mention how their child would remember this day. Giving more attention to certain subjects such as “cold shadow of another airplane passed over him”(13-14). can be seen as another symbol. Watching a plane through the shadow can be …show more content…
The mood shift between the lines and his opportunity is lost due to the fatal accident “ ...falling sensation and the rapidly approaching sodium lamps”(6-7). The instant he starts to fall the shift in the mood of the poem changes to a darker mood as he loses the chance of seeking his opportunity as he plummets down. Not just looking at his own death to represent the idea of death, but his dream of living in a new country fades from existence. The fate of the immigrant affects the shift in moods in the poem as they are linked together. In the second stanza the immigrant has memorable day as he starts his new life, instead it become a fallen dream of his that also affected another person’s life “Their young son would always remember it.”(12). A day that is supposed to be remembered for the immigrant became an unforgotten day for a young child. A tragedy of a plane a crash causes an immigrant to miss out on his future life and caused a young innocent child to witness a death at a young age. The immigrant death signifies more than just an accidental death rather than that opportunities can be taken from us instantly during certain situations. Death is tragic as it is detrimental and the result of it can lead to lost