Walking Away - Day-Lewis

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Brief overview of this poem
Memory a father has of his son walk away to play football
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'Like a satellite/...
...Wrenched from it's orbit, go drifting away'
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'A half-fledged thing set free/...
...Into a wilderness'
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'Like a winged seed...
...loosened from it's parent stem'
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'Love is proved...
...in the letting go'
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Form of poem
4 fairly regular stanzas, rhyme scheme and meter throughout
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Context of poem
Had 4 children, mum died at a very young age, strong father son bond (brought up by his dad who worked in a Church)
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Themes
Family bonds, letting go, childhood, parent-child relationships, reflection
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Feelings
Longing, nostalgia, pride, courage, melancholy
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Compare with
Eden Rock, Mother Any Distance, Follower
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Card 2

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'Like a satellite/...

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...Wrenched from it's orbit, go drifting away'

Card 3

Front

'A half-fledged thing set free/...

Back

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Card 4

Front

'Like a winged seed...

Back

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Card 5

Front

'Love is proved...

Back

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