Explain how the metaphor in line 13-16 contributes to the theme of the poem?

13 line My father broke

with each child, finer and finer, the clay

of his body crumbling to a drizzle of silicone

16 line in the hour glass.

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Rachel Page

4 September, 23:58

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Nathalia Weeks · Answer 1

It shows how the father figure in the poem feels and how he looks and how he is deteriorating slowly and dripping away like the sand in the hourglass

Explain how the metaphor in line 13-16 contributes to the theme of the poem?13 line My father brokewith each child, finer and finer, the clayof his body crumbling to a drizzle of silicone16 line in the hour glass.