Father
Father
Most of my life you were defined by your love,
One of first eyes I saw, whom I thought the world of.
You kept me straight and narrow,
Taught me to shoot like an arrow.
You set the bar high,
Always watching me learn to fly.
You defined definition,
Taught me adaptive intuition.
You set and taught me to set limits,
Then taught me how to break them.
Taught me to aim for the stars
To choose and pick my own wars,
In order to touch the sky.
I truly learned how much you loved me,
When becoming a father happened to me.
Once again later in life you taught me again how to see.
Raising a child, no nobler quest,
Yet not an unchallenging test.
Especially to train one to always aim for the best.
Fathering moments continue in ways I’m impressed.
Your love and my love, we hold close to the chest.
About this poem
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Written on April 14, 2024
Submitted by Arman_1 on April 14, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB CCDDXXXXC EEE FFFFF |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 803 |
Words | 178 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 9, 3, 5 |
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