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Analysis and comments on Photograph of My Father in His Twenty-Second Year by Raymond Carver
Comment 5 of 5, added on March 30th, 2008 at 8:55 PM. i think it is just terrible when people over analyze. the author may or may not have switched from concrete to abstract on purpose. why do people feel the need to over analyze everything? you can't just accept the beauty (in life) as it is? Landon from United States Comment 4 of 5, added on March 12th, 2006 at 5:07 PM. Poet uses concrete words through out first and second stanzas, however uses the abstract word "love" at the end to emphasize the speaker's feeling towards his father. Jun from Korea, South Comment 3 of 5, added on November 27th, 2005 at 11:10 PM. I found this to be a very moving poem that captures the conflicting emotions that Raymond had, like most humans do, towards his father. He sees his own worse qualities reflected in this picture of his father yet his anger at this is softened by his father's obvious youth and vulnerability. He expresses his disappointment in, yet compassion and deep love for his parent. Like most of us he realises that our parents were just human, fumbling through like everyone else. kelly from Cuba Comment 2 of 5, added on October 23rd, 2005 at 1:34 PM. The poem shows more of a representation of the child's yearning for someone to look up to and how to live his life. So as he progresses through the life the only thing he can learn from his father is cowardice, alcoholism, and the lack of ability to make something of himself. He really despised his Father, even thought the views of society were to respect him. Chris from United States Comment 1 of 5, added on January 3rd, 2005 at 12:14 AM. I enjoy the way this poem speaks about the generation gap and the importance of the understanding of our parents. I find that many, if not all, of mankind try to understand what and who it is that raised us, and few in fact succeed. Devon from United States

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Poet: Raymond Carver Poem: Photograph of My Father in His Twenty-Second Year Added: Jan 31 2004 Viewed: 17315 times Poem of the Day: May 19 2006

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Photograph of My Father in His Twenty-Second Year Last read: Nov 22 2009, 3:42PM Poem of the Day: May 19 2006 Viewed 17315 times. Added: Jan 31 2004

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