McNair's casual diction alludes to his own troubles within the confines of his mind. He details his father in the poem. His father is detailed with respect, although he was not kind towards the speaker. His eloquent diction displays his reverence towards his father, yet he also reveals his discontent towards his dad.
When I first skimmed the poem I thought the author was finding his fathers dead body in his garden. It was really creepy and I thought this weeks theme would be death or suicide. The poem was not one of my favorites but I like how it was written like a narrative.
His raspy voice flows so well with the slightly gloomy mood of this poem. He discusses his father in a weird sense by saying he has "innocence" when he drinks loads of "booze." It is completely ironic and another instant is how he "left long ago" which implies his father probably left the narrator.
The the poem the narrator's father has cataracts and is going blind. This blindness is a cause of sorrow, but the setting remains peaceful and he sees his father "resting among the carrots and peas." It also shows he as innocent like sometimes we think of children which might show the motif of age as a cycle and when we die we share similarities to children, but I like how the poem shows the father having peace although some might consider him suffering.
I really enjoy this poem because it is mysterious and you are able to have some different thoughts about it. It is hard to tell if the writer imagines his father while gardening or maybe he is at his fathers grave. I think he sees something that remind him of his father and it gets him to thinking about how he was neglected by his father. All together the poem is about how the author forgives his father for leaving his "seed."
Macnairs emotional languauge illistrates how the charater has come to forgive his father. "I discover my father,whom I hardly knew" suggests that the character was neglected by his farther. The auther then states "Talk about the seed he left long ago untended" reveals that the son does not want to talk about the past. As each weed is being pulled out of the ground the character is forgiving his father of something each and every time. Overall a very good poem.
McNair's casual diction alludes to his own troubles within the confines of his mind. He details his father in the poem. His father is detailed with respect, although he was not kind towards the speaker. His eloquent diction displays his reverence towards his father, yet he also reveals his discontent towards his dad.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first skimmed the poem I thought the author was finding his fathers dead body in his garden. It was really creepy and I thought this weeks theme would be death or suicide. The poem was not one of my favorites but I like how it was written like a narrative.
ReplyDeleteHis raspy voice flows so well with the slightly gloomy mood of this poem. He discusses his father in a weird sense by saying he has "innocence" when he drinks loads of "booze." It is completely ironic and another instant is how he "left long ago" which implies his father probably left the narrator.
ReplyDeleteThe the poem the narrator's father has cataracts and is going blind. This blindness is a cause of sorrow, but the setting remains peaceful and he sees his father "resting among the carrots and peas." It also shows he as innocent like sometimes we think of children which might show the motif of age as a cycle and when we die we share similarities to children, but I like how the poem shows the father having peace although some might consider him suffering.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy this poem because it is mysterious and you are able to have some different thoughts about it. It is hard to tell if the writer imagines his father while gardening or maybe he is at his fathers grave. I think he sees something that remind him of his father and it gets him to thinking about how he was neglected by his father. All together the poem is about how the author forgives his father for leaving his "seed."
ReplyDeleteMacnairs emotional languauge illistrates how the charater has come to forgive his father. "I discover my father,whom I hardly knew" suggests that the character was neglected by his farther. The auther then states "Talk about the seed he left long ago untended" reveals that the son does not want to talk about the past. As each weed is being pulled out of the ground the character is forgiving his father of something each and every time. Overall a very good poem.
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