What is the central tension in Li-Young Li's poem, "A Story", and what are at least two literary devices or strategies that help develop this tension? Be as specific as you can, and use textual evidence to support your points.
In "A Story", the father's internal and central tension is depicted through foreshadowing and metaphor, so that the reader can not only understand the poem, but connect with it on a personal level. The poem's central tension is an internal conflict in the father's mind as he debates and looks into the future to understand his son and the impact of a story. When the father cannot think of a story, he "lives far ahead, he sees the day this boy will go. Don't go! Hear the alligator story...the spider story...Let me tell it!" The conflict is developed through the father's fore
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