main theme
the author as a boy following his dad around while he was working being a pain, and the end the rolls flip
first two stanzas
recalls his dad working in fields
fourth stanza
describes following the father an dhow the father picked him up after falling
fifth stanza
wanted to follow fathers footsteps and be like him
final, sixth stanza
roles change, at old age his father follows
quotes for ADMIRATION OF FATHER
‘his shoulder globed like a full sail strung’
‘my father worked with a horse and plough’
quotes for father viewed as an expert
‘an expert’
‘mapping the furrow exactly’
quotes for father being an annoyance
‘keeps stumbling’
‘behind me and will not go away’