quot;to a close." Added with the knelling this mixes to a good effect. The bells aren't mark the beginning of a new class to him, there's a final, definite ending. The alliteration here comes across ads intimidating because of the hard K sounds in "counting", "classes" and "close".
             In the next line "two 'o' clock" is stated by the narrator. This is important as it indicates how long he has been waiting in the sick bay. Also, when bad things happen the time is etched on ones memory. This is a subconscious thing.
             The important thing about two 'o' clock is that the neighbours are driving him home. We wonder what's wrong. We think about the evidence of the closing, knelling bells, the sick bay and the neighbours driving him home. At this point I came to a conclusion that something very bad was happening. A funeral!
             Then begins the second verse. The first line tells us where he is (his porch) and who is there (his father).
             "I met my father crying". Hean
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