Response

1. How did this poem make you feel? Why did it make you feel this way?
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2. What kind of person would you describe the speaker's father to be? What evidence do you have to support this statement?

3. How does the author feel about his father? Why?

4. What does this poem mean to you? How does the line "what did I know, what did I know, of love's austere and lonely offices" relate to the poem? How does it relate to the author's own life experiences?