Walking Away - Day-Lewis 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureAQA AnthologyGCSEAll boards Created by: darcyjones14Created on: 25-05-17 22:50 Brief overview of this poem Memory a father has of his son walk away to play football 1 of 10 'Like a satellite/... ...Wrenched from it's orbit, go drifting away' 2 of 10 'A half-fledged thing set free/... ...Into a wilderness' 3 of 10 'Like a winged seed... ...loosened from it's parent stem' 4 of 10 'Love is proved... ...in the letting go' 5 of 10 Form of poem 4 fairly regular stanzas, rhyme scheme and meter throughout 6 of 10 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) 7 of 10 Themes Family bonds, letting go, childhood, parent-child relationships, reflection 8 of 10 Feelings Longing, nostalgia, pride, courage, melancholy 9 of 10 Compare with Eden Rock, Mother Any Distance, Follower 10 of 10
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