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Li-Yong Lee's poem, "The Story," emotionally depicts the complicated relationship between a son and a father through the boy's desire to be told a story. The author structures the poem to shift between the different point of views, displaying the diverse perspectives that occur between the father and the son. Lee uses emotional appeals to tie in the love that is shared between father and son.

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In the poem, "A Story" Lee depicts the struggle of a boy outgrowing his father. Lee uses third person point of view and emotional appeals to highlight the feelings of both the boy and his father

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In the poem " A Story", the author is telling "the story" from a third person point of view. the son is leaving the father and the father can see himself withering away in to old age. Metaphorically, the son is loosing the memories of the father, while the father is loosing him memory in general.

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Through the incorporation of modern diction within a Greek mythic setting, imagery and repetition, Edward Field adapts the Greek Myth of Icarus to focus on the failures that occur in everyday life.

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Three elephants jump out of a plane. Two hit the ground, one hits the water. Badum pishhh...

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"A Story" used imagery, and divine symbolism to show how fearful the father is of disappointing, and of loosing his son.

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Field's "Icarus" adapts the Greek myth to a modern setting by putting Icarus into the image of an old man in the suburbs whereas he used to be a hero, as if his fall to a common life from a higher-class job could symbolize Icarus' fall from his lofty position by the sun.

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Through the use of essential elements such as multiple perspectives, irony and syntax, Field adapts the Greek myth of Icarus and Daedalus into a contemporary setting by relocating Icarus into a demanding and unrelenting modern world.

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"A Story" uses the repetition of the stories and the question of the son's divinity from the father serves to illustrate the father's fear of the loss of his sons interest, and also reveals how important his son is to him and his desire to not disappoint.

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In the poem, "A Story", by Li-Young Lee, the relationship between the father and son is shown to have the uncertainties that come with an unconditionally loving yet young relationship through the use of imagery and speculative dialogue as the father copes with his imperfections as a dad.

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Through interpersonal conversation between the father and the son, the internal dialogue of the father, and the parallel syntax in the last stanza, Li-Young Lee coveys to the audience that the relationship between the father and the son is that the father is realizing his potential uselessness, and the son remains ironically ignorant to the development.

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In Li-Yong Lee's poem, "A Story", strong imagery and the use of inner-dialogue are used to depict the struggle of letting go, affirming the father's fear of his son growing up.

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This re imagining of the Icarus myth made us of vivid imagery, and metaphors in order to show how Mr.Hicks had imprisonment himself.

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"A Story" utilizes transitions between a father's thoughts and the reality of the narration to convey the uncertainty of the relationship between a father and son.

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Written by Li-Young Lee, "A Story" demonstrates the shift of roles of dependency between a father and son as they mature in age. Lee does this by incorporating a common theme of a bedtime story through a present and future setting.

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Through the dreary images of Icarus' life, the metaphoric connotation of the word 'fall', and the parallel structure at the end of the poem, Field brings the Greek myth of Icarus and Daedalus into modernity by making Icarus' fall from a hopeful, exciting mindset into a corporate routine.

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Through the imagery of an aging father and son, interjected thoughts in the poem, and differing points of view of the father and son, Li-Young Lee coveys the complex relationship of a father and son as time passes.

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In the poem "A Story," the father loves his son yet fears the day he will disappoint him so much that his son will leave. This in turn creates a complex relationship with his son as he loves and looks up to his dad but his dad just fears the day he will leave. Li-Young Lee shows this through internal monologues, nostalgic tone, and the image of his son leaving.

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In the poem, "Icarus", by Edward Field, the theme of a failed escape from a prison is central. This idea is kept from the original Icarus story but adapted to a modern life by Field's use of imagery and tone, creating a feeling of Icarus being trapped in his mundane human existence.

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In this poem, the author describes an internal struggle of letting go in fear of his son growing up by using strong imagery.