Part one of term paper
is written by Mark Van Doren, the poem is about how a father and son need to patch things up before it is too late. The poem uses many descriptive literal and metaphorical details to describe the life of the father and son. It also uses a purposeful organization of its details and a meaningful title. The message that the poet tries to send i ...

Part two of term paper
... “father and boy” literally shows a father and son spending time together. When the readers look into it deeper, they wonder why it doesn’t say “Father and son” instead of “father and boy” this implies that maybe the father and son aren't very close, or they have problems between them. The author writes this poem in the order of the life of the father and son., from life to death. The organization of the poem is created so that the readers will feel what is happening as the poem is b ...