Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FATHER, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That was his sort Last Line: And cut him short. Subject(s): Fathers; World War I; First World War | ||||||||
That was his sort. It didn't matter What we were at But he must chatter Of this and that His little son Had said and done: Till, as he told The fiftieth time Without a change How three-year-old Prattled a rhyme, They got the range And cut him short. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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