Week 17 Literary Analysis: Literary Analysis of Golden Gate

For this week's analysis I decided to take a deeper look into the poem "Golden Gate" by Frank Bidart. This poem was a very interesting one to read, it was basically about a guy who was at his father's funeral imagining the things that he went through when his father was his age. I believe that the plot was the most interesting literary device because the plot was all about how his father went through all these crazy moments in history. Throughout the whole thing as well he was comparing his father's legacy to his and how they differed, but near the end of the story you see how he is contempt with his father's whole life and is ready to say goodbye to him. I believe the theme of the story is contempt. I say that because even though it really isn't apparent in the beginning or middle, you start to see it near the end where the author feels contempt with his father's legacy. I believe that this was the theme that stood out the most to me while I was reading the story. This story has a lot of cultural aspects in it as well because regardless of religion when most people die there is a funeral held for them. While at the funeral the family that is the most affected typically have that thought and wonder if the deceased actually led a good life. They usually find that reconciliation by communicating with family members and friends. Overall, the story was a very interesting read and I am glad I chose it for the last reading of the week.