Stanza One
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Line no.
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Line
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Interpretation
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1
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My dad’s
as brave as a dad can be
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The persona makes a
statement about his/her father as a brave/courageous person (a father is
normally brave)
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2
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I
rate him Number One,
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In his/her opinion, his/her
father is the best
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3
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He’s
not afraid of the dead of night,
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His/her father is not
scared of the quietest and darkest part of the night
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4
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Or anything under
the sun.
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Or anything that exists
around us. (It can also mean that his/her father is not afraid of anything
during the day)
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Stanza Two
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Line no.
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Line
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Interpretation
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1
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He’s not afraid
of a late-night film,
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The persona’s father is not
scared of watching horror movies on television late at night
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2
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Full of horrors
on the telly,
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3
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And is he afraid
of skeletons?
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He is also definitely not
scared of skeletons. (“not on your Nelly!” is a British expression which
means “Certainly not!”)
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4
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Not dad, not on
your Nelly!
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Stanza Three
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Line no.
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Line
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Interpretation
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1
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He’s not afraid
of meeting ghosts,
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The persona’s father does
not fear meeting ghosts (something that most of us are scared of)
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2
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He’d even smile
and greet ‘em,
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He can even smile and greet
or talk to the ghosts.
(‘em – informal British or
American, short form of ‘them’)
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3
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And
things that scare most dads the most,
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His/her father can also
beat/overcome many things or problems that other fathers are afraid of/cannot
do.
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4
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My dad could just
defeat ‘em.
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Stanza Four
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Line no.
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Line
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Interpretation
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1
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He’s
not afraid of vampires,
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The persona’s father does
not fear vampires
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2
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Or a wolf-man
come to get him,
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Or a wolf-man that is going
to attack him
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3
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If
Frankenstein’s monster knocked on our door,
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He would not be worried or
scared even if the horrible Frankenstein’s monster came to their house.
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4
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He wouldn’t let
that upset him.
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Stanza Five
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Line no.
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Line
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Interpretation
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1
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My dad’s as brave
as a dad can be,
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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
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2
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And he’s always
ready to prove it.
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He is willing and confident
to show his bravery/courage
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3
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So why, when a
spider’s in the bath,
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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!)
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4
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Does Mum
have to come and remove it?
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