Sonnet 2 Poem by Paul Sebastian

This is a double achievement - both content and form. The content I can especially appreciate because I had a very. good relationship with my father who was not an intellectually inclined person like myself but excelled in his personal qualities, virtues really, of kindness, patience, devotion to family. The way you describe the father in your sonnet as a steadfast man is admirable, like my Dad. I am also the father of a 22-year-old so I can appreciate that second half and the closing couplet. which was succinctly stated. In fact, formally this is a wonderful sonnet that flows through the generations, succinctly expressing a complex view of family over time showing that family is a mission larger than the individuals who serve it. I find this to be a model of what makes the sonnet so rewarding a poetic form.

A son should turn to be the support of his father especially in his aging and ailing days! But unfortunately many, after getting married and having a family of their own forsake the parents! This tendency is quickly spreading into modern societies! A sonnet reminding sons how sacred is the relationship between a father and a son!