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The Founding Fathers Poem Analysis
This poem demonstrates a feeling of incongruity exceptionally well, since it thinks about and differentiate the amount of his dad yielded for him and how he didn't understand it's something he underestimated. This sonnet may be a tad bit one-sided, sticking on to the father's side since this ballad was potentially made to express blame and lament. The mind-set of the story is about how the storyteller lamented being so unappreciative toward his dad. It certainly demonstrates how he dreaded his dad and regarded him now that he understands what he once had, his dad's cherishing and minding. In any case, as of right now of the sonnet, it's showing that his dad left alongside all the easily overlooked details he'd once accomplish for the

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