Walking Away - Cecil Day Lewis (1904-1972)
English Lit: AQA GCSE Poetry - Love & Relationships, topic 17.1.8
Key Quotes in Walking Away
Here are some examples of key quotes from Walking Away by Cecil Day Lewis.
‘Like a winged seed...’
- ‘That hesitant figure, eddying away/Like a winged seed loosened from its parent stem’.
- This is a powerful simile that embodies the sense of loss Lewis feels but also the inevitability of the process of growing up.
- The natural imagery also shows the naturalness of the process
‘With a walking away...’
- ‘How selfhood begins with a walking away/And Love is proved in the letting go’
- The word 'away' is repeated throughout the poem to show the process of separation
- The final line of the poem shows that the narrator has realised that the 'letting go' of his son is a part of his parental love.
Test yourself on Walking Away - Cecil Day Lewis (1904-1972)
Which of these key quotes from Walking Away contains a simile?