Besides the physical traits the boy
I have my father’s voice too
Stanza 5
inherited, he also inherited the voice,
he too has a temper and shouts like
his father
and his fuming temper
and I shout as he does.
But I spew the words out
Stanza 6
“spew”- pours out in large quantities
Unlike the father, he uses words that
are carefully chosen, because he
writes poetically in pairs of alliteration
These are poetic sound devices
and an air of assonance. The example of assonance reinforces
the statement.
The words “everything” and “except”
The poet has his own means of Everything a poet needs are contradictory.
Stanza 7
expression and is still his own
persona. His father has given him Word used when someone leaves
passion. my father has bequeathed me something to a beneficiary, the form
of a will.
except the words
The poet states that the father
leaves “everything”, “except the
words” which is paradoxical
because the words are the most
important part of the poem.
I have my father’s voice too
Stanza 5
inherited, he also inherited the voice,
he too has a temper and shouts like
his father
and his fuming temper
and I shout as he does.
But I spew the words out
Stanza 6
“spew”- pours out in large quantities
Unlike the father, he uses words that
are carefully chosen, because he
writes poetically in pairs of alliteration
These are poetic sound devices
and an air of assonance. The example of assonance reinforces
the statement.
The words “everything” and “except”
The poet has his own means of Everything a poet needs are contradictory.
Stanza 7
expression and is still his own
persona. His father has given him Word used when someone leaves
passion. my father has bequeathed me something to a beneficiary, the form
of a will.
except the words
The poet states that the father
leaves “everything”, “except the
words” which is paradoxical
because the words are the most
important part of the poem.
