Question

(b) In “My Father Sits in the Dark,” the speaker says, “But I could not understand it. How could it be restful to sit alone in an uncomfortable chair far into the night, in darkness?” What light does Rita Dove’s poem “Daystar” shed on the father’s perspective?

Answer 1

He sits in the dark because he was a boy they did not have electricity.Sitting in the dark gives him a sense of comfort and familiarity, even though it seemed weird to his son