Walking Away

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“Like a satellite”

  1. Negative simile

  2. satellites aren’t meant to fall out of orbit

  3. Son is helpless and is in danger

  4. Father is no longer centre of sons life

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“Wrenched from its orbit, go drifting away”

  1. Verb to emphasise painful experience

  2. highlights how the boy has turned away from his father

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“Wilderness”

  1. Hostility of the world - He needs protection

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“Like a winged seed loosened from its parent stem”

  1. Contrasts with satellite simile

  2. “Loosened” is less painful and forced than “wrenched”

  3. Father is coming to terms with what happened and understands its natural

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“God alone could perfectly show”

  1. Religious Imagery

  2. Christianity - God gave his own son, to show how difficult it really is

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“And love is proved by letting go”

  1. Steady rhythm shows how the father has came to accept that the son has to find his own identity