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Father Returning Home Analysis

Technique

Imagery

Language

The vocabulary used often has a negative connotation, or a dark tone. The poet's vocabulary is simple, which suits the situation.

The literary techniques help us understand how the man must feel. The bag is a metaphor of him, for it is falling apart. The simile helps us understand how unimportant and lost the man must feel.

"late" , "black", "dimmed", "grey", "weak tea", "sullen"

"Like a word dropped from a sentence."

Structure

Movement and Rhythm

There are two stanzas; each one represents two different settings. The first stanza shows the man going home and the second stanza shows the father at home.

There isn't a particular rhythm to the poem, which makes it so original. It is told as if it were a story.

Character

Self-neglect

"shirt and pants were soggy"

"bag falling apart"

"unseeing eyes"

He doesn't take care of himself or what's around him anymore. He is lonely and no one seems to pay attention to him.

Loneliness

"his sullen children have often refused to share jokes and secrets with him"

"he dreams of his ancestors and grand children"

He is lonely and seeks the affection and love he lacks from his family and people around him.

Mood and Feeling

Isolation and Alienation

He lives in the suburbs, which is part of the modern world, something he is not a part of. In the train he stands among "silent commuters". He finds himself lost.

"Like a word dropped from a long sentence."

The author sets a dark and strange mood. The reader starts to feel desolate and compassionate for this poor father, who is melancholic.

Theme and Message

"soggy", "falling apart", "black"

What is it about?

The major themes are the alienation and isolation of this father. The poet also tries to show us the importance of family and friends, and how their love and support is vital.

This poem is about a monotonous routine that this father has to live and with which he is not happy. He feels alienated from this new modern world but also from his own family.

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