Diction
I think diction has to do the most with the subject of word choice
The answer is: touch.
The poem "My Father's Song" uses verbs and descriptions that appeal to the sense of touch, suggesting the idea of getting close to an object and coming into contact with it. For example:
- scooped
- into the palm of his hand
- touch
- took them
- put them
- sand moist clod
- softness
- cool and warm sand
I think it's if we become too dependant on our technology, we will lose our humanity
He uses it to allude to other fables and fairy tales. I love This fable your trying to explain, I was read it as a kid.
Archetypes can be defined as things that are used as typical examples or in other words, unoriginal ideas that are widely used. We usually refer to them as cliche's.
In the horror genre, other archetypes that I can think is just before the movie ends, the villain/ghost/monster appears indicating that it's not yet the end of the story for our antagonists. Archetypes are used because it has been a tradition or trademark of, in this case, horror films.