The following poem attempts to defi ne what home is and suggests that home is more than bricks and mortar. Instead home is defi ned by the warm welcome we receive from those who love us.
Home is where there’s one to love us By Charles Swain
Home’s not merely four square walls, Though with pictures hung and gilded; Home is where Affection calls, Filled with shrines the Heart hath builded! Home! – go watch the faithful dove, Sailing ’neath the heaven above us; Home is where there’s one to love! Home is where there’s one to love us!
Home’s not merely roof and room – It needs something to endear it; Home is where the heart can bloom, Where there’s some kind lip to cheer it! What is home with none to meet, None to welcome, none to greet us? Home is sweet – and only sweet – Where there’s one we love to meet us!
Flashback Discuss
1. Choose two lines that rhyme in the poem and share your choice with a partner. 2. How does the poet’s use of rhyme contribute to the poem?
Rhyme is similar sounding words in poetry or song.
