Does the poem talk of an exclusively personal experience or is it fairly universal?
The poem is fairly universal. At times, the lack of mutual understanding between a father and a son creates a lot of misunderstandings that result in silence between the two.
Does the poem have a consistent rhyme scheme?
How is father's helplessness brought in this poem?
Identify the phrases and lines that indicate the distance between the father and son.
Explain the use of the adjectives in the following phrases.
1. shaggy monsters
2. brackish lakes
3. rickety table
4. hairpin bend
5. rudimentary general store
