Question

Q8.Explain with reference to context-
The seed I spent or sown it where
The land is his and none of mine?
We speak like strangers, there's no sign
Of understanding in the air.
This child is built to my design
Yet what he loves I cannot share.​

Answer 1

These lines have been extracted from the poem "Father to Son" written by Elizabeth Jennings

Explanation:

• In this poem, the father is complaining his on for being a stranger
• He says that for years, I have been struggling to give you a good life.
• I gave you everything but when you grew up, you behave like a stranger to me
• He complains that son is more towards outsiders than his father