1. Theodore Roethke
The poem is built of four quatrains, each consisting of four lines. ... The drunken father's breath, "Could make a small boy dizzy", yet the boy hangs "on like death" (My Papa's lines 2-3). ... The waltz with his father was so vigorous that the "pans / Slid from the kitchen shelf" (My Papa's lines 5-6), thoroughly annoying the mother who's "countenance / Could not unfrown itself" (My Papa's lines 7-8). ... One way he accentuates his feelings about this woman is the repetition of the letter "s" in the front and middle of words throughout the poem, often in key places. ....
- Word Count: 1292
- Approx Pages: 5
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School