Frequently in literature. authors accidentally create plants that tie really good with one another. Two plants that connect well are The Odyssey by Homer. translated by Robert Fizgerald. and “My Father on His Shield. ” by Walt McDonald. While McDonald’s verse form underscores the tone of mourning and sorrow by the chief character. Homer’s work elucidates the tone of animus and injury.
As antecedently stated. the tone of McDonald’s verse form. “My Father on His Shield” is one of bereavement and heartache. The talker of the verse form is sorrowing his male parent who he lost to conflict and experiences battles in get bying with it all. McDonald’s inside informations about the sled mentioned in the verse form reflect the intimacy that was one time at that place between the talker and his male parent. in add-on to the degree of importance the speaker’s male parent had in his life. The usage of enunciation by McDonald besides emphasizes the speaker’s bereavement. frequently accompanied by nostalgia. by implicating the repeat of the words “I remember” throughout the verse form.
This changeless recollection expresses the speaker’s trouble coming to footings with his father’s decease. In contrast with McDonald’s verse form. Homer’s work. The Odyssey. exhibits a tone filled more with animus and grief instead than the old. more drab and plaintive feel. The chief character. therefore far. is named Telemakhos. The character’s male parent has been gone for many old ages without returning or directing any messages. doing the male child and his female parent to inquire whether he has died. or if he is gone because he does non wish to return. By the usage of item. readers are able to happen out that as a consequence of his father’s extended absence. a figure of suers have begun to take free reign over their place and all of their belongings. seeking to get married the possible widow. Homer uses enunciation in order to bespeak the Telemoakhos’ animus towards his male parent:
Friend. allow me set it in the apparent manner. My female parent says I am his boy ; I know notsurely. Who has known his ain engendering? I wish at least I had some happy adult male as afather. turning old in his ain house – unknown decease and silence are the destiny of him that. sinceyou ask. they call my male parent. ( Homer 8 ) Telemakhos is stating that although his female parent and everyone say Odysseus is his male parent. he does non experience that manner because he lacks any memory of him. He wishes he could hold his male parent in his life. and is bothered by the fact he hasn’t the slightest spot of cognition in respects to the whereabouts of his male parent.
Telemakhos and the talker in the verse form by McDonald portion similar experiences. They both are covering with the absence of their male parents who both partook in the armed forces. However. the talker in the verse form really knows for a fact his male parent has died. which may be why he copes with the deficiency of a male parent better than Telemakhos. entirely because he does non necessitate to oppugn whether or non his male parent isn’t in his life due to swerve sloppiness. Because Telemakhos hasn’t the faintest thought of his father’s whereabouts. he is in hunt for closing. non merely for himself. but for his female parent and belongings being destroyed by the barbarian suers. Their fortunes are what command the tone in their duologue. leting the reader to experience the same things the talkers are experiencing.