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What is the "season that seemed incredible"? Why does the narrator never directly state that something? How does the figurative language advance the poem's theme?
The season is the father's old age and nearness to death. The narrator never states this directly because they don't think of death as an ending, but rather as a passing through and moving on. For that reason, the narrator does not describe death in closed terms, and instead uses the imagery of walking through a field to underscore the father's movement.
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What is the effect of the natural imagery in the poem? How does this imagery relate to the themes of aging and dying? How do they represent the poem's...
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