“My Papa’s Waltz” is a magnificent short poem, with great tone and use of symbolism that also displays more than one example of theme. “My Papa’s Waltz” shows a young boy that either really loves or hates his father, depending on which theme you’re thinking of. As mentioned earlier there is more than just once theme in this poem, which makes this such an interesting poem. One way to look at this poem is where a hardworking father and his son are simply just horse playing, and wrestling around the house late one weekend night. Now this is the side of the story that I see, and the theme for this said would be the importance of family.
Tuesdays with Morrie is a story about a man named Mitch who reunites with his former teacher, Morrie after 16 years. Morrie has Lu Gehrig's disease, which causes him to lose control over his body, one part at a time. Mitch learns priceless lessons through Morrie, who does not fear his own death, nor does he hide it. The Seven Ages of Man is a poem about man and seven different stages in his life. First we will deal with Shakespeare’s “The Seven Ages of Man.
“My Papa’s Waltz” was composed about a young boy and his father and written in a very rhythmic form. The persona of this poem was very simple to identify with. Roethke used the term “I” throughout this piece. With the author using first person, it allowed me, as a reader, to relate to the poem how Roethke had intended his readers to relate. “The whiskey on your breath” (Clugston, My Papa’s Waltz, para.
A Waltz to Remember In many different poems throughout time various readers have been coming up with different meanings. One poem that shows that is a great example of just that is “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke. By simply reading the poem through some of the language Roethke uses could lead the reader to believe that the poem is about abuse. “The whiskey on your breath could make a small boy dizzy” (1-2). But though alcohol can cause one to be angry and abusive, it is also know to make you dance and sing.
How do ‘Follower’ and ‘Once upon a time’ show father and son relationship? ‘Follower’, written in 1966 by Seamus Heaney and ‘Once upon a time’, written by Gabriel Okara both explore the issue of a relationship between father and son. However, they express this in different situations and forms. ‘Follower’ expresses the relationship with father and son with the son being admired by his father and wanting to be just like him which suddenly contrasts at the end of the poem. ‘Once upon a time’ expresses the relationship between each other as if it was some form of fairy tale story.
A simile is also used in Train’s song when it says, “Acts like summer and walks like rain” (Stanza 1, Line 3). Lastly, the use of personification gives the song the ability to be a poem. It can be seen when Train says, “Did Venus blows your mind,” in stanza 6. All of the these elements are typically found in poetry. Train’s “Drops of Jupiter” is a bitter song about the loss of a loved one could stand alone as a poem.
Saying that the boy hung on "like" death is an example of a simile. Line 4 Such waltzing was not easy. This line wraps up the first stanza. In what could be a happy moment, father and son dancing, we see that it's kind of tricky for the son to hold on to his drunken father. Also, if the waltz of this poem is a metaphor for their father-son relationship, this could show that it's not easy to dance between loving and fearing his father's power Lines 5-6 We romped until the pans Slid from the kitchen shelf; This is not a quiet, stately waltz, but a romp!
“The Peace of Wild Things” is a poem written by American poet Wendell Berry. I feel Wendell Berry uses a unique approach of words to express the feelings and emotions in “The Peace of Wild Things”. I believe the speaker is a father who is stressing over life’s challenges to support and provide for his family. The poem expresses what the father is feeling as he awakes in the middle of the night and what he does to release his stress. Works
The Poem "My Father's Love Letters" is written by Yusef Komunyakaa. It is written from the point of view of a child who is writing a letter to his runaway mother on behalf of his illiterate, abusive father. Komunyakaa uses plenty of strong images and power words. There is no rhyme scheme. However, each line's first word starts with a capital letter which signifies how the father is "Lost between sentences…"; the droughts between each thought is symbolized by each line structured as a completely new sentence, even if the sentence before or after connects in meaning.
(2011:97) Dramatic Monologue is a device whereby the poet invents a character to provide the voice and opinion represented in the text. Browning’s poem, “My Last Duchess”, addresses a rather complex character commonly found in the Victorian Era. The persona in this case, is the Duke of Ferrara. The poem, being a Dramatic Monologue, features a second character, the messenger, which the Duke addresses. Browning’s use of this Dramatic Monologue involves the reader in the process of assimilating and deconstructing the story of the Duke of Ferrara’s relationship with his ‘last duchess’ through his diction, style, structure and rhythmic pattern.