Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow :
Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests: snug as a gun.
Under my window, a clean rasping sound
When the spade sings into gravelly ground.
My father, digging. I look down
Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds
Bends low, comes up twenty years away
Stooping in rhythm through potato drills,
Where he was digging
The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft
Against the inside knee was levered firmly.
He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep.
To scatter new potatoes that we picked,
Loving their cool hardness in our hands.
How does the speaker's father feel about his son's choice of career ?
The correct answer to the question is Option 2: "The poem doesn't make it clear." 1. Explanation for Option 2: - The poem does not provide explicit information about the speaker's father's feelings regarding his son's career choice. The absence of clear statements or descriptions about the father's emotions or opinions in the poem leads to the conclusion that the poem leaves this aspect ambiguous. This lack of clarity is…Read More
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