In the poem To her father with some verses, what is "this simple mite" she offers her father as payment?

Her life

Explanation:

The poem "To Her Father With Some Verses" was witten by the poet Anne Badstreet, and since she was a religious and very devoted person, some biblical themes were bound to appear in her writing. The line "this simple mite" is a reference to the verse Mark 12:42, that tells about a poor widow who donated two mites (the smallest of Greek coins), which was all her living. The poet wants to pay her father back for all she had received from him, by offering her whole life in gratitude.