Brothers

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Brothers
  1. Structure
    1. recount three stages of the afternoon
    2. Imagery
      1. negative feelings the speaker has for his brother, as if he is an inconvenience, restricting the freedom
        1. feelings of the characters in the poem are revealed through the choice of verbs
          1. enthusiastic spirit of the younger brother reflects his pride and excitement at being with the older brother he clearly worships
            1. older children lack the outward enthusiasm of the younger boy, but then they are ""doing what grown-ups do""
            2. third stanza makes it clear that the older boys are still children
              1. ""chased Olympic Gold"" when running for the bus, a metaphor for competitive natures that they cannot help
            3. Attitudes, themes and ideas
              1. aspiration to be older
                1. reflecting the naively superior feelings of the older boys
                2. childhood feeling of superiority is later regretted
                  1. final image suggests the loss that the speaker feels at not being closer to his brother
                  2. Brothers is about the inevitability of the boys' distant relationship; in the poem they are physically separated, and in life they are metaphorically separated by time.
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