HERO FORM 2 POEM

1 2	My dad’s as brave as a dad can be I rate him Number One,	The persona makes a statement about his/her father as a brave/courageous person (a father is normally brave) In his/her opinion, his/her father is the best
3	He’s not afraid of the dead of night,	His/her father is not scared of the quietest and darkest part of the night
4	Or anything under the sun.	Or anything that exists around us. (It can also mean that his/her father is not afraid of anything during the day)

Stanza Two
Line no.	Line	Interpretation
1	He’s not afraid of a late-night film,	The persona’s father is not scared of watching horror movies on television late at night
2	Full of horrors on the telly,
3	And is he afraid of skeletons?	He is also definitely not scared of skeletons. (“not on your Nelly!” is a British expression which means “Certainly not!”)
4	Not dad, not on your Nelly!

Stanza Three
Line no.	Line	Interpretation
1	He’s not afraid of meeting ghosts,	The persona’s father does not fear meeting ghosts (something that most of us are scared of)
2	He’d even smile and greet ‘em,	He can even smile and greet or talk to the ghosts. (‘em – informal British or American, short form of ‘them’)
3	And things that scare most dads the most,	His/her father can also beat/overcome many things or problems that other fathers are afraid of/cannot do.
4	My dad could just defeat ‘em.

Stanza Four
Line no.	Line	Interpretation
1	He’s not afraid of vampires,	The persona’s father does not fear vampires
2	Or a wolf-man come to get him,	Or a wolf-man that is going to attack him
3	If Frankenstein’s monster knocked on our door,	He would not be worried or scared even if the horrible Frankenstein’s monster came to their house.
4	He wouldn’t let that upset him.

Stanza Five
Line no.	Line	Interpretation
1	My dad’s as brave as a dad can be,	The persona makes a statement about his/her father as a brave/courageous person (a father is normally brave) – it is repeated to emphasize his father’s bravery/courage
2	And he’s always ready to prove it.	He is willing and confident to show his bravery/courage
3	So why, when a spider’s in the bath,	The persona admires his/her father and is proud of him, but he/she cannot understand why his/her mother has to get rid of a spider (just a small insect) that is in the bathtub. (Perhaps, his/her father is scared of tiny insects!)
4	Does Mum have to come and remove it?

DAD	IS NOT AFRAID OF…	IS AFRAID OF…
	STANZA 1 ·       The darkness or quietness of the night ·       Anything or everything around him /during the day	STANZA 5 ·       Spider
	STANZA 2 ·       Horror movies on television at night ·       Skeletons
	STANZA 3 ·       Ghosts ·       Things that scare other fathers
	STANZA 4 ·       Vampires ·       Wolf-man ·       Frankenstein’s monster