Father to Son:
Simple & Stanza wise Summary
Prepared by P.B,
I do
not understand this child
Though we
have lived together now
In the same
house for years, I know
Nothing of
him, so try to build
Up a
relationship from how
He was when
small. Yet have I killed
Description: In this stanza,
the father mentions that he does not understand his son though they have lived
together now. They have been living in
the same house for years. But now he tries to build up a relationship as when
he was child because now some changing comes on his son.
The seed I
spent or sown it where
The land is
his and none of mine?
We speak
like strangers, there’s no sign
Of understanding
in the air.
This child
is built to my design
Yet what he
loves I cannot share
Description: In this stanza,
the father mentions that which seed he spent or sown, his son’s land is
separate from him. That means, which thing the father likes or does where his
son’s thinking or notion is separate from his father. They speak like stranger
and there is no sign among them. The father also informs that the child or his
son is made to his design but his father cannot share what he loves.
Silence
surrounds us. I would have
Him prodigal,
returning to
His father’s
house, there home he knew,
Rather than
see him make and move
His world, I
would forgive him too,
Shaping from sorrow a new love.
Description: In this stanza,
the speaker says that there are silences surrounding between them. The father
tries to return and move to his house or his intention and thinking from his
son’s world or thinking. The father emotionally and sadly informs that he would
forgive his son with a shaping from sorrow a new love.
Father and
son, we both must live
On the same
globe and he same land,
He speaks: I
cannot understand
Myself, why
anger grows from grief.
We each put
out an empty hand,
Longing for
something to forgive.
Description: In this final
stanza, the father thinks that he and his son both must be live on the same
globe and the same land. But, what his son speaks, he cannot understand
himself. On this regard or for this reason, his anger grows from his
grief. At Last, the father says that
this hope and wish are become an empty hand that means nothing can be changed,
just stays a longing for something to forgive his son.