1. Explication- MY Papas Waltz
This is an exemplification of how the father can just overpower the son into doing what he wants him to do in this state of affairs. In the last line of the poem it elucidates on how he is still clinging to his papa's shirt showing that he is just trying to survive this whole ordeal and make it to the next day. The son can't scuffle with his father due to his obvious size difference so he just holds on. In the first stanza he goes on to explain on how just for him to hang on is not easy. This all shows signs of an abusive relationship when you only focus on the abusive features of a relationship.
The reading of this poem can also be interpreted as an actual waltz between a hardworking father and his son. After all the extraordinary moments he even walks him to bed even though he is pliantly drunk. In the first two lines of the poem quote, "The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy" most people in this day of age would take this negatively, but in 1948 drinking was a regular activity to do after work. The battered knuckles and a, "palm caked hard by dirt" shows how he worked hard as a grafter to put food on the table to support his family. When he arrives home after is long day at work he is so delighted to see his son it makes him want to break out in a dance. Due to the height difference between the father and son he scraped his ear on his belt buckle. The longer the dance went on the more delighted the father became. Thus causing him to become clumsier due to his inebriated state. The longer this waltz continues the more difficult it becomes for the son to hold his balance and dance with his father. The dance starts to become boisterous and the pots and pans start to fall to the floor. While this whole ordeal is going on he is just trying to, "Hang on like death" to his father and not fall over. The mother remains an odd man out to the situation at hand which is why she has a glower countenance.
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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. ...
