daughter is haunted by recollections of strife between her and her father. The speaker in the poem actually seeks to hold her father accountable for his shortcomings instead of forgiving him for his deficiencies. In the poem "My papa’s waltz" by Theodore Roethke‚ it is clear that the papa and the child have a relationship sprinkled with fear‚ joy and love. Both fathers in the poems are dangerous to their child in many ways. In Clifton’s poem‚ the speaker is in danger because of the mental distress and
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Nuances of the Senses: A Deeper Perception into Imagery In the two poems “I Am a Black Woman” by Mari Evans and “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke‚ the authors use the strong poetic device of imagery to bring their words to life. In two very distinct styles and meaning‚ Evans vividly depicts the struggles of “black” women‚ while Roethke uses his diction to show the emotional skirmish and dance between a boy and his father. Evans begins “I Am a Black Woman” by appealing to the auditory sense
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Granny’s Garbage Theodore Roethke was raised in Michigan‚ where cities and towns are woven with lakes‚ streams‚ and rivers. This atmosphere gave Roethke a "mystical reverence for nature‚" (McMichael‚ 1615) and allowed him to take a grotesque image and transform it into natural magnificence. A great example of this is Roethke’s poem "Root Cellar." The poem describes a cellar‚ which most people would consider to be a death-baring‚ cold place. Instead‚ Roethke gives the dungeon life and enchantment
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Critical Lens – Cheat sheet! Your task: to write a Critical Lens essay using TWO of the characters from The Crucible. First‚ let’s review the task of the critical lens: Write a critical essay in which you discuss two works of literature you have read from the particular perspective of the statement that is provided for you in the Critical Lens. In your essay‚ provide a valid interpretation of the statement‚ agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it‚ and support your opinion
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balls as a social gathering and use dancing as a way to court someone; yet today as a form of artistic talent people dance to express emotions and feelings. Tied in Theodore Roethke’s poem‚ “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ the father and the son waltzing in the kitchen symbolize the powerful relationship between each other‚ and the abusive themes Roethke use to express the boys childhood and his as well. In the first stanza‚ there is a strong image the reader visions as the young boy smells his father’s whiskey
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In “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ American poet Theodore Roethke transforms the horrid experience of a child being beaten by his father into the romantic and beautiful dance of a waltz. Written in trecet iambs to imitate the relaxing beat of the waltz‚ the poet installs some sense of pleasure in the reader. In doing so‚ Roethke makes the subject of a beating more readable and lessening the effect of the drunkenness makes the speaker’s father more forgivable. The lucidity of diction and imagery throughout Roethke’s
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130”‚ William Shakespeare speaks about his mistress metaphorically‚ compares her to nature‚ and states how their love is different and rare. In “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ Theodore Roethke illustrates a father who is under the influences‚ dancing around the kitchen with his child‚ trying to dance his child to sleep. Therefore‚ Shakespeare and Roethke use diction‚ imagery‚ and detail to convey the complexities of power and their effect on the dynamics of relationships. In “Sonnet 130”‚ Shakespeare utilizes diction
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have portrayed history‚ values‚ customs‚ and languages of particular groups. Literature is being multicultural now helps acquire knowledge of different societies in the world. The story Jewish Christmas by Faye Moskowitz‚ a poem My Papa Waltz by Theodore Roethke and the play Andre’s Mother by Terrence McNally provides for the diversity and the influence of family in literature. Faye Moskowitz writes about a traditional Jewish Christmas as she was taking up in Michigan in the thirties. The theme of religious
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poem “My Papa’s Waltz” Theodore Roethke uses a type of dance to symbolize the narrator’s relationship with his violently alcoholic father‚ the antagonist. The evidence in the poem suggests the boy‚ the protagonist‚ has come to terms with the domestic violence and accepts it. The narrator believes the beatings are inevitable and relates them to every human’s inevitable fate‚ through death. The narrator doesn’t blame his father and in fact blames himself for the beatings. Roethke argues that the relationship
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In the famous poem‚ Root Cellar‚ author Theodore Roethke uses immensely visual and sensory images. The reader not only experiences going down into the cellar through the intense description‚ but also through the imagery‚ along with a few powerful similes that give life to the root cellar’s contents and creates a sense of awareness for the reader. In the first line‚ the words “dank as a ditch‚” are an example of a simile that brings some clarity to the cellar because now there is something to compare
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