follower Flashcards
his shoulders globed like a full sail strung
the simile and alliteration shows that just as the sail harnesses the power of the wind he harnesses the power of the horses and uses them to plough
I stumbled in his hob-nailed wake
contrast between the fathers perfect work and the sons clumsiness and difficulty to do the work
sometimes he rode me on his back
a father and son relationship he is patient and calm with his son
the horses strained at his clicking tongue
the sod rolled over without breaking
of the sweating team turned around
onomatopoeia draws attention to his power and how much control he has
how much hard work which reflects how strong the father is
supports the thought of the fathers hard work
I wanted to grow up and plough
all I ever did was follow
this half rhyme shows he has finally been able to do what his father has but has not succeeded like he hoped
while the 1st line shows admiration for wat his father does the second line shows a comparison between them as it gives the idea the father is like a shepherd and the son is like a sheep. From that we can infer that that the son would have never been as good and perfect like his father
it is my father who keeps stumbling behind me and will not go away
the ending to this poem could suggest that the roles are reversed since there has been a change in time as well as the thought of the father now adding extra weight on to his son
