Nine Elements of Poetry

Daddy's Poem by Unknown What's the dramatic situation? The poem is told by both female and male by which they both tell a story about a young girl that does not have a father because he passed a way while at work as a fireman. This poem is written in today's world and the speaker seems to be in the classroom with the little girl in the poem. Structure of the Poem: The structure of this poem is written as a story, there are no stanzas, and it just flows. Theme of the poem: The theme of this poem would be 'love'. This poem includes love between a daughter and a father. This love is reflected in the poem because the little girl explains how much she loves her daddy even though he is not physically with her because he is in heaven. Images and Figures of Speech: I can see the mother of the little girl worried as she sees her daughter go up there. I can see all the people talking about her without knowing the truth behind why the little girl's dad could not be there. I can see the little girl up there as she speaks with confidence and all the other people in awes. I can feel the love that this girl has for her father. I can feel her happiness as she talks about how great of a father she has. I can feel my presence there as I am reading the poem. Important words: "Looks like another deadbeat dad, too busy to waste his day." "I love my daddy very much, he's my shining star. And if he could, he'd be here, but heaven's just too far..." Tone: The author of this poem seems to have a very serious poem in which he is trying to send out a message to all the audience. There is no type of humor in this poem whatsoever. He makes all the characters become amazed to what the little girl say as well as the audience too. Literary Techniques: *Apostrophe- '"I know you're with me Daddy,"  to the silence she called out.' *Imagery- 'A room full of daddies and children, all starting to close their eyes. Who knows what they saw before them, who knows what they felt inside. Perhaps for merely a second, they saw him at her side.' *Anaphora- 'Her hair was up in a pony tail, her favorite dress tied with a bow.' *Personification- 'by the love of her shining star' Prosody: This poem rhymes at every other verse and it flows with the uses of different punctuation like semicolons, commas, and even periods.