The images in this poem suggest that Father William is
Father William
a man who is not as fit as t
young man thinks
by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
a fat but lively older man
"YOU are old, Father William," the young man
said,
"And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head-
Do you think, at your age, it is right?"
a fat, weak older man
"In my youth," Father William replied to his
son,
"I feared it might injure the brain;
But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,
Why I do it again and again."
a man who is not as old as t
thinka