Form 2 Poetry : My Hero

Synopsis.
The persona feels his father is very brave and is not afraid of any time of the day and anything in
the world. He rates his father who watches horror movies late at night is not put off by any horror
scenes or fearful skeletons. If any ghost appears in front of his father, he will either greet them or
fight them off. Horror figures, big or small, ugly or scary looking do not give him the creeps even if
they appear at his door. However, the persona's father or his hero has a weakness-He has a fear of
spider.
About the poem: A child is wondering about the bravery of the father.
My dad's as brave as a dad can,
I rate him Number One,
He's not afraid of the dead of night,
Or anything under the sun.
He's not afraid of a late-night film,
Full of horrors on the telly,
And is he afraid of skeletons?
Not dad, not on your Nelly!

Stanza 1
The persona is very proud of his father who he feels is as
brave as any other father or even braver .In his eyes, his
father is Number One as his father is fearless and not
afraid of the dead of night and anything under the sun.
Stanza 2
The persona says his father is not afraid to watch horror
movies late in the night. Horror scenes of skeletons do not
scare him or put him off watching them.

He's not afraid of meeting ghosts,

He'd even smile and greeting 'em,
And things that scare most dads the
most,
My dad could just defeat 'em.
He's not afraid of vampires,
Or a wolf-man come to get him,
If Frankenstein's monster knocked on
our door,
He wouldn't let that upset him.
My dad's as a brave as dad can be,
And he's always ready to prove it,
So why, when a spider's in the bath,
Does Mum have to come and remove
it?

Stanza 3
The persona is positive his father is not afraid of ghosts
and would even smile and acknowledge them. His father
dares to fight against things that most other dads are
afraid of.
Stanza 4
The persona's father will not be frightened by horror
figures like vampires, wolf-man or Frankenstein's monster
even if they appear at the door.
Stanza 5
The persona says his father is as brave as a father can be
and he is always keen to show it. But when his father sees
a spider, he will not touch it and mother has to come to
his aid. This is something the persona cannot understand
about his brave father. Is he really afraid of mere spider?

Willis Hall
Themes.

Moral Values.

1. Respecting and looking up to

someone.
2. Living up to people's
expectation.
3. Believe in no one's skills and
strengths.
4. Everyone has flaws or
weakness.
5. Accepting people for what
they are.
6. Parent-child relationship.
7. Hero worship.

a. Recognise and acknowledge our

weakness.
b. Not be afraid to acknowledge our
weakness.
c. Value family relationship.
d. Must set good examples.
e. Try to live up to young children's
expectation.
f. Able to separate the reality from
makebelieve.
g. Willing to help those in trouble.

Setting : At Home
Persona : A child
Tone : Irony and
humorous

Prepared by VRJ 2016

Practice 1 : True ( ) / False ( X ) questions.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

The child thinks that the dad is a hero.

The dad is not afraid of ghosts and monsters.
The dad never allows the child to watch late night movies.
A telly is a television.
Dad is always afraid of mom.
Dad will catch and throw spiders away.

Practice 2 :
1.

Who is the persona?

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2.

How does the persona think of the dad?

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3.

What are the things that the father is not afraid of?
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4.

What is dead of night?

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5.

What else the father is not afraid of?

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6.

List down the monsters that the dad is not afraid.

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7.

What happen when there is a spider in the bathtub?

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8.

Who do you think is braver than the dad?

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Poem : My Hero

Across
1. arthropod that has eight legs horrors things causing a feeling of fear remove take away
2. opposite of scare
6. s a scientist who creates and brings to life a manlike monster
8. win a victory
9. frightening creatures

Down
1. an internal or external framework of bone
3. frightened
4. unhappy
5. a friendly expression
7. informal term for television

Prepared by VRJ 2016