Question

Summary of the poem The exhortation of a father to his child

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Answer 1

Answer:

The poet has portrayed the generation gap between a father and his son. The poem basically brings forth a father’s illusions towards his son. The father is seen as a helpless human being who, since his son’s childhood, has been able to understand his son’s emotional growth.

While the father finds fault in his own son, it is the father who is actually blamed. Where the father shows his incapability to understand his son, he, at the same time, reveals several unknown facts about his son. This makes the situation of lack-of-understanding more ironical. And the very irony puts questions to the father’s integrity and ingenuity.

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Answer 2

Summary:

The poet portrayed that the generation gaps between a father & son. This poem is basically bringing forth the father’s illusions towards the son.

• Father is seen as helpless human being his son’s childhood, had been understand that his son emotional growth.

• Father finds the fault in his son, it is  father who is the actually blamed. Where father shows the incapability to the understanding his son, at  same time,  several un-known facts about the son. This  situation makes lack-of-understanding more as ironical.  The irony put a question to  father’s integrity & ingenuity.

• This poem the ‘Father to Son’ , author Elizabeth Jennings. A Father to a Son summary deal with anguish of a father who lacks good relationship with son. Further-more, his son is now the adult. Moreover, the son is now busy in his life.

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