Comparison

• similarities between walking away + mother any distance

  describing the separation of parents and children

  • due to school acting as a substitute -> 'seed loosened from its parent stem
  • son desires freedom through 'a hatch'

  caesura shows reflection

  • fathers contemplation as son leaves -> that hesitant figure, eddying away
  • son has mixed emotions -> anchor. kite

  using different tenses to show different emotions surrounding separation

  • uses past + future to show nostalgia of the childs move + the ongoing impact
  • uses present + future to capture possibilities as a result of an independence
• differences between walking away + mother any distance

  final tone

  • shows acceptance of love changing not being lost
  • leaves uncertainty of whether he 'fall(s) or fly(ies)'

  imagery

  • far reaching metaphors of nature + time to show inevitable nature of letting go
  • imagery is more domesticated to symbolizes only the mom + sins shared history

  structure

  • four quintains + ABACA rhyme to show enduring emotions
  • irregular structure shows unpredictability of transition to independance