Follower Flashcards
what is a suitable quotation for how Heaney revels his admiration for his father?
“his shoulders globed like a full sail strung”
“his shoulders globed like a full sail strung”
“globed” –roundness, power, strength, holding up world for family and children, responsibility.
“like a full sail strung” –majesty, freedom, sailing imagery suggests he is leading a ship with responsibility, leading children into world, adventure, exploration
what is a suitable quotation that shows Heaney’s respect for his father’s expertise?
“his eye narrowed and angled at the ground”
“his eye narrowed and angled at the ground”
precision of his actions, detail from boys perspective, admiration while watching him work.
what does the final stanza of the poem convey?
Heaney’s changing feelings for his father.
“today/ it is my father who keeps stumbling/ behind me and will not go away”
repetition on stumbling, boy stumbled in stanza 4 shows the development of both characters.
“behind me” change to follower, full reversal, in control.
“will not go away” burden?
significance of the poem
parents are role models– feelings of admiration.
Heaney aspires to be like his father.
boy inept in first section, father inept in second.
full circle.
