Look Again at "Old Man, Old Man" and One Other Poem. How Does the Writers Explore the Relationships Between Parents and Children?

... Look Again at "Old Man, Old Man" and One Other Poem. How Does the Writers Explore the Relationships Between Parents and Children? The biggest influence on a child's life is their parents, as it is they who provide them with love and keep on them on the right track. In the two poems presented it is evident that both poets had different upbringings and had different attitudes towards their parents. Heaney was depressed due to the differences he and his father had, and conveys these feelings through the use of poetical devices. Fanthorpe was troubled too, but because she felt she never received enough love from her father and this emotion of sadness is expressed mainly through her choice of vocabulary. In the first three stanzas Heaney establishes the fact that there is a difference between himself and his father using language and poetic devices. He describes that his pen "rests; snug

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