In Reply to: On My First Son posted by tigger on February 28, 19100 at 18:32:56:
: I really need some help with this poem. I know that it's about his son who probably died, but what else am I missing? Please help. Thank you!
His son died of the plague at 7...he loved him too much, too much because now he's hurting so much...he avows he will never "like" anything so much again..."child of my right hand" is the hebrew translation for the name Benjamin, which coincidentally is his son's name. He wonders why he feels so terrible even though his son has moved on to a place free from unhappiness