POETRY

Mentor
Timothy Murphy
For Robert Francis

Had I known, only known
when I lived so near,I'd have gone, gladly gone
foregoing my fearof the wholly grown
and the nearly great.
But I learned alone,so I learned too late.

I selected this poem because its intresting and meaningful. I like how he acknowalges that he missed an oppurtunity to have a mentor and I think its intrsting that he choose this topic to write a poem about.
The title is obviously about what the poem is about which is a mentor. Probably named robert francis.
He doesnt really do anything creative in this poem other than some ryhming and used words like wholly and such
The tone seems like its of regret and longing for a missed oppurtunity