- In the first stanza, we have two characters ( The headmaster and the chlid ), informing the
child's father dead.
- The reaction of the child is crying, but the strange thing is that he is crying for shame and relief.
- The second stanza, he refers to show how old he was,showing his growing up,
and rememberence.
- Ther is an assembly ( group of people ) Who are indifferent wih him at the first time, then they
are becoming intersted.
- The main idea of the poem is that he has an experience from his father's death.