January Chance
January Chance 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 is that if a person needs to talk to a loved one, then that person should do it before it's too late or he/she will never get another chance.The poem is written so that the literal details are shown first, then as the reader explores deeper into the meaning of the words, he/she begins to see the metaphorical details. For example, "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 being read. The literal meanings are said through wor
The third stanza is about nature telling them to begin their long-awaited talk. "Has heart to take in. It is time." This phrase is saying that the son is now ready. The poem wants them to begin. "Begin, says winter, howling through the pane." Winter tells them to start, for there has been far too much silence between them. "Begin, the seat back bumps, what safer hour than this, within the somnolent loud train." The train ride is getting bumpier, signifying that the end is near. The two are alone and it is a perfect time to reconcile past grievances. The train is quiet event though there are passengers talking. The second stanza is about how the relationship between father and son works. "All afternoon to open deep things" explains that the two had plenty of time to talk and share feelings. Time is precious so the father had better start a conversation before it's too late. "That long have waited, suitably unsaid" means they are riding in the train and they feel that it's better to just ignore each other until the trip is over. The father is afraid that the son will have a negative reaction to what the father will say, so he keeps quiet. "Now one of them is older, and the other's art at last has audience, has head." This line talks about how the son has matured and grown. He is now ready to understand what the father has to say. The father's art or knowledge, now has a use, to be passed on to his son, so that he may be that much wiser. ds like time, voyaging, and seat backs. The metaphorical terms are express
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Approximate Word count = 1025
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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