Class 11 · English
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Key terms to remember
Generation gap
the lack of understanding between father and son the poem laments.
Prodigal
the son who leaves home; the father wishes his son would return like the prodigal.
Estrangement
the emotional distance that makes them "speak like strangers."
Silence
the absence of communication that "surrounds" father and son.
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