Quynh Nguyen Lynn Hovde English 101 February 17th‚ 2010 The Memory of the Waltz After reading the poem “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke (807)‚ I realized that there are many different opinions about this poem. Some people think that this poem is about parental abuse‚ the other also think that it is about the happy memory of the relationship between father and son. In my point of view‚ the speaker in the poem is expressing his joyful time when he’s dancing with his father. The whole poem
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things their father had done for them. They later realize at an older age that everything that their father had done had both negative and positive effects as shown in the conversations between a child and their parent. One poem‚ in particular‚ has a tone that is obscure to the rest. In the poem “My Papa’s Waltz‚” by Theodore Roethke‚ he reminisces a happy memory with his father. “We romped until the pans Slid from the kitchen shelf” (5&6). In this line‚ the narrator and his father are dancing excitedly
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In "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden the story between the speaker and the father embraces the ideas of unseen love and the speaker’s regret. The poem is a result of the speaker’s reflection on his or her past experiences with his or her father. Hayden shows all the little things the father does‚ and how the speaker takes it for granted that the father just kind of did those things. Looking back‚ the speaker has now realized and understands what the father really had gone through for him. The
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Those Winter Sundays. Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold‚ then with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather made banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him. I’d wake and hear the cold splintering‚ breaking. When the rooms were warm‚ he’d call‚ and slowly I would rise and dress‚ fearing the chronic angers of that house‚ Speaking indifferently to him‚ who had driven out the cold and polished my good shoes as well. What did
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POETIC DEVICES IN MY PAPA’S WALTZ 1. Rhyme Scheme- a repeated pattern of rhymed words at the end of the line This poem has a simple ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH rhyme scheme‚ meaning that every other line within a stanza rhymes. Example: The whiskey on your breath (A) Could make a small boy dizzy; (B) But I hung on like death: (A) Such waltzing was not easy. (B) The lines with corresponding letters rhyme. The B rhyme in this stanza is an example of a slant rhyme – "dizzy"
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The meaning of “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden is to show the familiar‚ familial love that is relatable by most people. From the beginning of the story and all throughout the boys shows his father-son love that he does not understand and fully appreciate until he is reminiscing about his father and how he always got up early‚ even on Sundays. The boy is not just an unappreciative child‚ he is simply a growing boy; he has a lot to learn. His growing through the poem shows the father-son relationship
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Comparison Essay: The Passionate Shepherd‚ Song‚ My Papa ’s Waltz Love and Hate: Does True Love Conquer All? In recent discussions of love and hate‚ a controversial issue has been presented: can true love conquer all adversity? On one hand‚ some argue that love has its limitation. From this perspective‚ many will claim that familial love cannot conquer a violent home with a violent father. On the other hand‚ however‚ others argue that love can conquer any obstacle that appears in a relationship
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The passage demonstrates that Junior is determined to get hope using literary devices such as contrast/comparison‚ repetition and simile. Therefore more broadly Native Americans are portrayed in negative ways compared to white people. They have been raised to believe in the mindset that white people are superior. The author uses contrast/comparison in the passage to compare not only Native Americans and white people but also Junior. In the passage it states‚ “I was the only kid‚ white or Indian
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guaranteed to be easy‚ so we have to learn from our obstacles that life throws at us. This all starts at the beginning of our childhood‚ knowing what is right and wrong and appreciating what life gives to us all. Stories and poems such as “Those Winter Sundays‚” “Eleven‚” and “Salvation” each describe a moment in a child’s life. These poems and stories are about children growing older‚ showing how we should appreciate what is given to us‚ understanding the feeling of shame‚ and realizing that past
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Robert Hayden’s language and imagery in his poem “Those Winter Sundays” reveal the speaker’s tone for his childhood indifference to his father’s subtle love as well as his adult admiration for his father’s sacrifice. The speaker‚ an adult now‚ recognizes the indifference that was between him and his father throughout his childhood. He now regrets the times when his father worked hard to provide for the family‚ but never was thanked. The father went through everyday life‚ “laboring on the weekdays
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