Imitations

Content:
This poem is about a relationship between a father and son, Abse looks at the son and sees himself, but is also reminded that he is a duplicate of his own father. This poem talks about time and ageing, but also how time affects relationships.

Themes:
- Relationship between father and son
- Time
- Ageing
- Remembering the past through people and events

Links to Larkin:
Dockery and Son - memories, father son relationship, but is different this time as they can access the past this time, they both realise how time has gone past.
Broadcast - memories and using music to remember the past.