Silence surrounds us. I would have Him prodigal, returning to
His father's house, the home he knew,
Rather than see him make and move
His world. I would forgive him too, Shaping from sorrow a new love. (a) Why don't the father and the son exchange any words with each other?
(b) The father would rather accommodate the squandering son than let him "make and move his world." What does this attitude of his reflect about his character? (c) Prove that the father-son relationship was not at all bitter in the past .
(d) In the third line of the stanza both the words 'house' and 'home' have been used. Bring out their difference in the context of the poem.

Dear Student,

The solutions to (a) and (b) have been provided below:

(a) The relationship between the father and the son is non-functional. There is a lack of understanding between them and the distance between them has only increased over the years. The duo do not share the same approach on life and fail to compromise. This is the reason they do not talk, and if ever they do, they talk like strangers.

(b) The protective nature of the father has led to broken ties between them. The son is young, dreamy and ambitious and wants to explore the world but his father wants him to drop the materialistic pleasures and be home. It represents the generation gap between the two and the father's helplessness and ignorance of his son's aspirations.

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