This poem begins with a daughter describing her father. She talks about her father as

though he is a poster child for the military, describing him as "Stiff and immaculate."

The narrator reveals how much she looks up to her father by her statement, "a round cap

on his head like a halo." She goes on to describe he fathers' position in the military.

Line 4 says, " he was an apparition on leave from a shadow-world," this line talks about

Some common words found in the essay are:
Father Navy, father return, shadow- world, family it's,
Approximate Word count = 371
Approximate Pages = 1 (250 words per page double spaced)