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Father To Son Full Poem by Elizabeth Jennings With Summary

Father To Son I do not understand this child Though we have lived together now In the same house for years, I know Nothing of him, so try to build  Up a relationship from how He was when small. Yet have I killed 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. Silence surrounds us. I would have Him prodigal, returning to His father's house, the home he knew, Rather than see him make and move His world. I would forgive him too, Shaping from sorrow a new love. Father and son, we both must live On the same globe and the same land He speaks: I cannot understand Myself, why anger grows from grief. We each put out an empty hand, Longing for something to forgive. Summary: The poem ' Father To Son ' describes the relationship of a father with his son, which appears not so good in the poem. In the poem, the poet is disappoi...

Answers Full Poem by Elizabeth Jennings with Summary

Answers I KEEP MY ANSWERS SMALL AND KEEP THEM NEAR BIG QUESTIONS BRUISED MY MIND BUT STILL, I LET SMALL ANSWERS BE A BULWARK TO MY FEAR THE HUGE ATTRACTION- "I KEEP FROM THE LIGHT" SMALL THINGS I HANDLED AND CARESSED AND LOVED,  I LET, THE STARS ASSUME THE WHOLE OF THE NIGHT BUT THE BIG ANSWERS CLAMOURED TO BE MOVED INTO MY LIFE. THEIR GREAT AUDACITY SHOUTED TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND BELIEVED EVEN WHEN ALL SMALL ANSWERS BUILD UP TO PROTECTION OF MY SPIRIT I SHALL HEAR BIG ANSWERS STRIVING FOR THEIR OVERTHROW AND ALL GREAT CONCLUSIONS COMING NEAR - Elizabeth Jennings Summary: The Poem "Answers" describes how the poet slot the big questions and answers of life in their mind. In the poem, the poet says that she always stays good with short answers and always keeps them near. While the Big answers always hurt her, as they require more attention and thinking, they become harder to ignore and forget. Poet also says that to dodge the contest of big questions (like pain, hard...