LITERATURE

MINING FOR MEANING.

POETRY EXERCISE 1. PG 245

1.From my point of view, the poem is about the feelings of a father towards his son that is growing up and is leaving him. He talked about how his son Sean is drifting away from him. This is evident from the way he described it as “like a satalite wrenched from its orbit” this shows that Sean is getting further away from him as he grows up. The writer is unable to comprehend his feelings as his son grows up and goes through the different stages of life. Using words like “ebbing” and “selfhood” it shows that the writer is still trying to accept the fact that his beloved son is no longer the little boy that he used to be.

2. my impression of their relationship is that Sean is not as close to his father compared to the past. The writer expressed through the title "Walking Away" directing the poem at his son Sean. the poem talks about how Sean is "fading away" and has "loosened from its parent stem." it shows that Sean has distanced himself from the writer and he's feeling upset about how they ended up. thus my conclusion is that the relationship between Sean and the writer is a very distant one.

3. oh literature why are you so difficult T.T

poetry exercise 2

1. the subject matter of the poem is about how people in society favour males over females. the speaker feels that people are showing too much favoritism on the males. this is evident from "already ringed by daughters and no son. they keep trying and trying still and trying until" this shows that they do not treasure the females as much as the males, they continue to try and bear a son. which explains the "trying and trying and trying" part. it repeats showing how desperate they are for a male.

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