My Hero

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!

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 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?

                                                                                   WILLIS HALL

Paraphrase of the poem.

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.
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 intimidated 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 an

he's 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?
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.

Themes.

1)Respecting and looking up to someone.

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

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 make-believe.
G)Willing to help those in trouble.