It was a bad time because her wife was pregnant with his child, which means the decision of Patrick on left the house and the marriage shock her even more because of her hormonal state. He knows it's not decent to end the relationship with her at nearly months of being future parents and says to her wife to not make a scandal because that will affect his prestige as a police
It helps develop the theme because with the teacher being strict Kevin no longer tries to get answers from his father and listens to the teacher and Kevin learns from it.
The speaker's employment of figurative language produces the idea that love is feeling sheltered, and not something that you can just dispose of. In the third stanza, the poet conveys his idea that loves warmth makes you feel protected by the use of a metaphor
