Question

what did the young man say to father william ?

Answer 1

You are old, father William," the young man cried, "The few locks which are left you are grey; You are hale,father William, a hearty old man; Now tell me the reason, I pray.

Answer 2

In the poem, the young man says to father William that:

“You are old, father William," the young man cried,

The few locks which are left you are grey;

You are hale, father William, a hearty old man;

Now tell me the reason, I pray.”

The poem “You Are Old, Father William” by Lewis Carroll is about the understandings of one generation about the another. The poem is structured in the conversational tone between a father and a son. The detail about the father and son builds confusion in the poem. The son's odd inquiries about his father and the father's odd responses are seen in the poem. The theme of the poem lies in the failure of understandings which one generation builds on about the other.