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I like the emotional complexity that runs through this poem. The father is a loving man and wants to help his daughter through a heart crisis. He could have loftily declared, SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TRUST YOUR HEART, WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE FOUND TRUE LOVE. SO NOW PROTECT YOURSELF! But instead of trampling her belief he renews it, puts his fatherly authority behind it, gives what she most wants - confidence it will happen. Of course, he is complicating his life by doing so, because he may have to be her support in another heart crisis. And he is willing to be that refuge. I love the positive rapport between father and daughter in this poem. Morally speaking, he is the perfect father.

treasured advice is the soul of a father's love...it touches the heart with gentle loving memories...

I hope he is the smile, the prize. :)