Noun ,pronoun,gerund or clause the "object" of the preposition.
Trees fall in winter,
So the birds refuse to sing,
This is treacherous.
Answer: Longing
Reasoning: The mood is longing because she is waiting and desiring for the food so she can eat.
Is that a poem?
If it is the one about the fire and the boys. Then the speaker doesn’t like his father in the beginning because he isn’t able to play with his friends. At the end he is grateful because the boys got in trouble and he wasn’t involved.
I would say, “i love thee freely, as men strive for right;”