Question

What does the poet could not understand? From the poem father to son.

Answer 1

Generation gap has created a conflict between the father and the son. The father does not understand or know his son well, due to this.

Explanation:

• The poem 'Father to Son' has been written by Elizabeth Jennings.

• In the poem the father laments the relationship that he has with his son.

• According to him both of them have grown old in the same house, but now they are so apart from each other, due to generation gap, that the father does not understand his son anyone.

• He does not know about his like or dislikes and both of them hardly talk. The father was angry once but now he laments the state of their relationship.

• He wants to forgive his son and he also wants his son to forgive him.