In the poem “WALKING AWAY” the relationshihip between the father and the son in the poem is presented as unbreakable until the first thime they are apart, their relationship is likened the the orbital relationship betwen a satalite and the earth. The satalite is described to br wrenched away from the earth, like the first time the mans son leaves him, and then slowly drifts away becominv more and more distant.

The reason the fater is reviewing this eighteen years later is because ma ll the way from primary school were hes son left hes side for the first time the have been drifting apart and now that he son is going to university it is like the final stage in their separation befor they become too distant to even communicate.

The tone of the poem is set from the start when