Although single parenthood is on the rise in homes today, children still often have a paternal role in their lives. It doesn't matter who fills the role: a father, an uncle, an older brother, a grandfather, etc.; In almost all cases, these relationships between father (figure) and child have lasting impacts on young people for the rest of their lives. In “I Wanted to Share My Father's World,” Jimmy Carter tells the audience, no matter what the situation is with their father, to hold on to every moment. As Carter opens the poem, he talks about how, at this point in his life, he still has this essential element. wanting things that his own father introduced to him growing up. At the beginning, he expresses that he has this “…pain [that] he mainly hide[s], / but [that] the ties of blood, or seed, endure” (lines 1-2). These lines express how much he longs for his father and how painful it is without him by his side. Moreover, he still feels “the hunger for her outstretched hand” (4) and for a man’s embrace to take [him]” (5). Additionally, Carter explains how this "pain" he "feels inside" (3) is also due to his "need for a simple word of communication »....