Question

Justify the title of the poem ‘Father to Son’ by Elizabeth Jennings

Answer 1

Dear student,

The poem “Father to Son” explores the theme of the generation gap which raises its head due to lack of communication, acceptance and change of views and ideas. The poem reveals the internal conflict that a father undergoes when his son grows up and has his own interests, ideas and perceptions. The father complains that he does not understand his own child. As the title might suggest, the poem encompasses the feelings the father has towards his son, hence the title makes it look like the poem is a letter from father to son, conveying the father’s feelings.

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