All day long in fog and wind,
The waves have flung their beating
crests
Against the palisades of adamant.
My boy, he went to sea, long
and long ago,
Curls of brown were slipping underneath his cap,
He
looked at me from blue and steely eyes;
Natty, straight and true, he
stepped away,
My boy, he went to sea.
All day long in fog and
wind,
The waves have flung their beating crests
Against the palisades of
adamant.
Carl Sandburgs poem "All Day Long" represents the actions of a teenage boy against his fathers wishes. When it says, "the waves have flung their beating crests against the palisades of adamant" it means the father tried time and time again but, yet failed in attempting to sway his sons decision. His son is described as "adament" which means he is very stubborn.
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