This poem displays the harsh depression of that came out of his father. McNair makes it clear that his father did not raise him properly, and now that they were both getting old it has finally hit him. He considers his father the "weed" and should have been tended to a long time ago.
When I read this poem for the first time, I also thought he was digging and found his dead father or something along those lines like Mr. Hill thought. I liked the last few lines of the poem; the father is struggling with going blind and hardly being able to live, and he turns to alcohol but in the end, he keeps trying, just getting by. He hasn't yet given up hope, which I think is reassuring.
I can't decide if the man's father is dead or not, because he is discovered lying on (or maybe in?) the ground. On the other hand, the speaker mentions listening to his father sipping. I like how the speaker seems to be forgiving his father and looking past his mistakes: "I don't want to .... talk about the seed that he left long ago untended." I really like the metaphor of the son and the seed.
I'm glad this poem was chosen for today; my mind, I feel, needs some spring imagery to really get into the season. When the speaker discovers his father, my first thought was that maybe he found a beetle or a cricket that he somehow verified as his father's soul in its next life. Maybe the 'innocence of concentration' is the father's life as a plant, perhaps.
This poem is very sad. The father has had the one thing taken away from him that he loved. The speaker states,"His heart so damaged now no doctor would remove the cataracts that spoil his sight." This mournful line expresses his helplessness that no doctor would help him be able to see again. He has to physically get down on the ground to be close to the things he once knew and loved like the back of his hand. The speaker is, "content to see him among the carrots." This line depicts his gratitude that his father will at least be close to and try to do the things he used to love before he lost his sight.
This poem shows how the speaker in this poem never got to know his father. The father in this poem is so broken that the doctors will not fix his eyesight because they might feel that it might not do the man much good. The part when the speaker says that he is content to see his father on the ground, basically dying also shows how the speaker has no empathy for his own father. Also, i think that the father in this poem may have walked out on his family, and was a drinker, because the speaker says he doesn't want to lecture his father on the "seed" that he left untended. The seed could be a reference to the speaker.
I agree with Chon Wayne to me the poem shows how the speaker in the poem didnt really know his fathe. I also think the father is passed away according to some things said in the poem. It sort of makes the reader feel the pain and feel sad when it is being pictured in their mind.
This poem is very sad and makes me want to go hug my dad! Like a few people said I thought that he literally dug up his father in the garden. I find it interesting that the son is more responsible than the father because he said he didn't know if he should lecture him again on the smell of booze, meaning he drinks often. I like how the author refers to carrots and peas as sort of peace or rest because that is where his father is laying. I also like that he said he was content with just seeing him rest, that shows the immense love he has for his father.
this poem kind of disturbed me. i did not like the sadness of it. my dad means the world to me and i could imagine not having him. the way he shows how much his father means to him made me like the poem more than i thought i would. having so much love and respect for someone and letting them rest in peace and not disturbing them is amazing. it truly shows who you really are and how much respect you have. so all this being said.... this poem was a poem that i really care for.
I feel like this poem portrays the father as if he was the child. The father is lying in the garden and just chilling. I imagine him peacefully enjoying the good weather. The poem portrays the son as the parent because he was worried like a parent. Also, he has to learn to forgive his father's mistakes like parents forgive their kids.
This poem displays the harsh depression of that came out of his father. McNair makes it clear that his father did not raise him properly, and now that they were both getting old it has finally hit him. He considers his father the "weed" and should have been tended to a long time ago.
ReplyDeleteWhen I read this poem for the first time, I also thought he was digging and found his dead father or something along those lines like Mr. Hill thought. I liked the last few lines of the poem; the father is struggling with going blind and hardly being able to live, and he turns to alcohol but in the end, he keeps trying, just getting by. He hasn't yet given up hope, which I think is reassuring.
ReplyDeleteI can't decide if the man's father is dead or not, because he is discovered lying on (or maybe in?) the ground. On the other hand, the speaker mentions listening to his father sipping. I like how the speaker seems to be forgiving his father and looking past his mistakes: "I don't want to .... talk about the seed that he left long ago untended." I really like the metaphor of the son and the seed.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad this poem was chosen for today; my mind, I feel, needs some spring imagery to really get into the season. When the speaker discovers his father, my first thought was that maybe he found a beetle or a cricket that he somehow verified as his father's soul in its next life. Maybe the 'innocence of concentration' is the father's life as a plant, perhaps.
ReplyDeleteThis poem is very sad. The father has had the one thing taken away from him that he loved. The speaker states,"His heart so damaged now no doctor would remove the cataracts that spoil his sight." This mournful line expresses his helplessness that no doctor would help him be able to see again. He has to physically get down on the ground to be close to the things he once knew and loved like the back of his hand. The speaker is, "content to see him among the carrots." This line depicts his gratitude that his father will at least be close to and try to do the things he used to love before he lost his sight.
ReplyDeleteThis poem shows how the speaker in this poem never got to know his father. The father in this poem is so broken that the doctors will not fix his eyesight because they might feel that it might not do the man much good. The part when the speaker says that he is content to see his father on the ground, basically dying also shows how the speaker has no empathy for his own father. Also, i think that the father in this poem may have walked out on his family, and was a drinker, because the speaker says he doesn't want to lecture his father on the "seed" that he left untended. The seed could be a reference to the speaker.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Chon Wayne to me the poem shows how the speaker in the poem didnt really know his fathe. I also think the father is passed away according to some things said in the poem. It sort of makes the reader feel the pain and feel sad when it is being pictured in their mind.
ReplyDeleteThis poem is very sad and makes me want to go hug my dad! Like a few people said I thought that he literally dug up his father in the garden. I find it interesting that the son is more responsible than the father because he said he didn't know if he should lecture him again on the smell of booze, meaning he drinks often. I like how the author refers to carrots and peas as sort of peace or rest because that is where his father is laying. I also like that he said he was content with just seeing him rest, that shows the immense love he has for his father.
ReplyDeletethis poem kind of disturbed me. i did not like the sadness of it. my dad means the world to me and i could imagine not having him. the way he shows how much his father means to him made me like the poem more than i thought i would. having so much love and respect for someone and letting them rest in peace and not disturbing them is amazing. it truly shows who you really are and how much respect you have. so all this being said.... this poem was a poem that i really care for.
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I feel like this poem portrays the father as if he was the child. The father is lying in the garden and just chilling. I imagine him peacefully enjoying the good weather. The poem portrays the son as the parent because he was worried like a parent. Also, he has to learn to forgive his father's mistakes like parents forgive their kids.
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