Daddy Allusions & Cultural References

Literary and Philosophical References

• "There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe" – nursery rhyme (lines 1-5)

Historical References

• World War II (lines 16-18, 31-33, 42, 45-46, 48)
• Adolf Hitler (line 43)
• Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf (line 65)

Geographical References

• San Francisco, California (line 10)
• Nauset, Massachusetts (lines 11-13)
• Concentration camps: Dachau, Germany; Auschwitz, Poland; Belsen, Germany (line 33)
• The Tyrol Mountains (line 36)
• Vienna, Austria (line 36)