Analyzing the Structure and tlements of Poetry Quiz Level Reread stanzas 3 and 4. The line, "Allow me to sell you a
couple?" suggests that Father William thinks
Father William
he is more sensible than the
young man
by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
"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?"
the young man is very
wealthy
the young man is too serious
"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."
he is more fit than the young
man