follower Flashcards
1
Q
first line possession quote
A
“My father” - he’s proud of his father from the very beginning
2
Q
plosive sounds quote
A
“stumbled” and “hob” replicates jittering untrained movements in contrast with father’s smooth sibilance
3
Q
sibilance quote
A
“shoulders” and “sail”
suggests smooth work from father and he is larger than life to the son.
shows respect
4
Q
passive quote
A
“he rode me”
passive action. father plays active role in his childhood and the poem.
5
Q
repetition of stumbling quote
A
“my father who keeps stumbling
Behind me, and will not go away”
enjambment shows how his father is literally behind him. shows change in father son dynamic. cyclical form of the poem.
6
Q
rhyme
A
rhyme is never consistent: some tension between father and son: he didn’t follow his fathers footsteps
