In lines 13-14 , ``You beat time on my head / With a palm caked hard by dirt ' is once again an image of violence . It is obvious that the narrator could mean ``keep time ' instead of ``beat time . In which case , the image suggest a father playing the drums lightly on his son 's head . However , the introduction of the word ``beat ' creates a rough tone to the lines and references in sound the word ``battered `` from line 10 . Meter...











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