A Story Theme

In “A Story” by Li-young Lee the poet used literary terms to represent the theme and relationship of the poem and the characters. Some of the literary terms that the author used to represent theme were rhetorical question,allusion, and imagery .
In “A story” by Li-young Lee the poet used allusion to represent the theme of the poem. The quote he used to identify theme using rhetorical question was “Am I a god that should never dissapoint”. This question shows the father and son relationship. It shows the father and son relationship because It lets us know that the father doesn’t want to disappoint his son. In other words the father asked his son because he thinks that his son never wants to be disappointed. This caused the father to question
“, this piece of evidence shows theme by using imagery. It shows imagery by giving us an image of the scene and It shows theme by letting us know the relationship between the father and the son. According to the evidence given the father and son have a normal relationship because parents usually sit their child in their lap to either tell them a story or sing to them. The father is probably about to tell his son a story. In other words the theme is that parents always have time for their child. In “A Story “ the poet also used imagery by saying “The man rubs his chin, Scratches his ear”, this piece of evidence shows theme by using imagery. It shows imagery because it gives us an image of the father’s action and it shows the relationship between him and his son. The evidence “The man rubs his chin” also shows imagery to show the theme. The relationship between the boy and the father makes the man rub his chin, usually when someone rubs their chin, they are making a decision. In this case the father is making a decision about the story he will tell his son, this shows theme because it lets us know that sometime you have to think about the things before you say