The death of the narrators brother was a strange occurrence as he was killed when four. IN order to reinforce this motif of strange and odd sensations Heney uses other odd situations which the narrator goes through. In Heneys Mid term, Heneys uses odd situations to invoke new or different feelings or sensations. One such odd situation which set a odd tone was one that shows strange, or new feelings. When the narrator meets his father on his houses porch which the narrator "meet my father crying. This I found to be odd, and even ironic, as the father is traditionally a masculinity figure, which shows little emotion.

Another such experience which I found strange for the narrator was when Heney writes "I was embarrassed by the old men coming up to me to shake my hand" Heney shows here a experience which is odd as from the time this was written it was common for the younger men to greet the older men. This I found reinforces the odd situation going on which, at this time, the reader is not aware of what is going on.
These odd experiences I found set atone important to the end of the poem, which he itself was a different and odd experience. The death of the narrators brother, I believe was the reason these odd situations occurred.