1. Explication- MY Papas Waltz
You never expect a child that has grown up in poverty of single parent household to have the same perception of life of a rich kid who grew up on Beverly Hills. We shouldn't assume the same while we are reading poems. Theodore Roethke "My Papa's Waltz" can be used as an example of this theory. Depending on how you grew up all has an effect of how you view this poem. The poem "My Papa's Waltz" has a double meaning it is either a waltz between a father and son, thus bringing them closer together, or on the darker side it is a fight between a drunken father and his son where the intimacy of the dance is overshadowed by the anger the reader feels from his her past. In this poem Theodore Roethke finagles our emotions with his literary conventions. Someone who has been through a struggle in their life tends to follow the negative connotation of this poem which depicts an abusive drunken father. .
According to kidshealth.org kids in abusive relationships teens tend to focus more on the items they are abused with than any other feature in an area. Throughout the poem the only features of the father that are described are his battered knuckles, belt buckle, and palms. This leaves one to assume that his knuckles are battered from the "waltz" him and his father have just had in the kitchen and they are starting to swell up. He then explains how his right ear scraped his father's belt buckle showing that he is on his knees and is either falling down or trying to get back up. The frown on his mother's face shows how she is disappointed, but her silence throughout the poem shows how she is powerless. This is an example of how this is not the first time this situation has occurred due to her lack of help. You can also see that it is not a pleasant situation by how the father grabs his wrist and not his hand which is what you typically hold when you participate in a waltz.
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In Theodore Roethke's " My Papa's Waltz" poem reader finds formulation and specific words that are clear to understand. ... The tone of the first poem "My Papa's Waltz" is full of humorus warm fillings at the beginning. ... Word choice is very realitic which give more universal meaning to the poem. ... Theodore Roethke's poem " My Papa's Waltz" attitude toward a father was very strong and emotional. ... The poems "My Papa's Waltz " and "Those Winter Sundays," are similar because they represent father. ...
What is the attitude the child has towards his father in Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz"? ... He then comes home and "Waltzes" through the door to continue the waltz with his son. ... Regardless of the mother's frown, the child continues to waltz with his father. In lines 9-12, it suggests a more rough and rugged waltz. ... In my opinion this just shows how much the child want's to stay with his father and also, how much the father loves his son. ...
In the poem "My Papa's Waltz," by Theodore Roethke, the speaker is talking about childhood experience that involved his father. ... The reason why I believe that this is nothing but a playful relationship between the father and son is for example when Roethke says "My mother's countenance / Could not unfrown itself "(1l. 7-8) it basically means that if child was actually getting beat, Roethke's mother would have reacted more than with just a simple face expression on her face if she realized it was getting intense. ... Also throughout the poem Roethke quotes, " Still clinging t...
Professor Emeritus John McKenna has a critical essay of Theodore Roethke's poem, "My Papa's Waltz", which he analyzes and points out the different ways that people read the poem. According to McKenna, "My Papa's Waltz" is not a complex or long poem, but it has "intriguing ambiguity that elicits starling different interpretations" (1). ... In the poem, "My Papa's Waltz," Roethke shows a picture of a playful moment between a son and his father: We romped until the pans Slid from the kitchen shelf; My mother's countenance Cou...
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"My Papa's Waltz" is a poem that can be viewed with two completely opposite views, one as positive and the other as negative. The basic theme of the poem is the waltz with the drunken father. ... The words that the writer used reinforced my thoughts, "death", "romped", and "dirt"; all these were not pleasant imagery. ... This clinging could mean that he wanted to waltz more. ... Besides the rhyme it seems the structure of the poem is like a waltz, the steps of it. ...
