Walking away

what poem is best to compare walking away to?

Eden rock

who is walking away written by?

Day-Lewis

A sunny day with leaves just turning

the change into autumn could represent the change that’s about to happen in their relationship

like a satellite wrenched from its orbit, go drifting away

the word wrenched implies the boy is forced and his father is still protective and doesn’t want to leave him and drift away. use of enjambment emphasis the change and irregularity that is about to occur in the relationship

half-fledged thing set free

half-fledged implies his son isn’t fully developed to be independent - imagery of bird leaving a nest

what perspective is the poem written from

the father

the shift from direct language ‘i watched you’ , ‘you walking’ to contemplative language symbols…

mirrors their separation as his son grows up