In the poem the speaker refers to her "Father", this "Father" figure is portrayed as God through the use of diction. In her first reference to her "Father" she uses the words "honored" and "dear", "Most truly honored, and as truly dear," (1). This puts the "Father" on a higher platform than the speaker, exactly how God is characterized as a mighty, perfect being, who is honored and admired by everyone. The speaker utilizes the phrase, "your worthy self"(4), w

hich also portrays the "Father" being as God. And by referencing death in the last line, "Yet paying is not paid until I die." (14) the speaker again references God because He is also connected with death, in that you go to see Him after you die and live with Him for eternity in Heaven.

The speaker uses repeated symbolism in "To Her Father with Some Verses" to express the feeling of never being able to repay God for the love and the life that He has offered to her. Money is the symbol used repeatedly to show the inability of the speaker to repay God for the gift of life. The speaker declares that she does not know how to indemnify God for the life and love He has offered to her, shown through the line, "My stock's so small I know not how to repay,"(7). So, the speaker figures that she can return God's love back to Him a

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Approximate Word count = 560
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)