Poetry Elements "My Papa's Waltz" by DAVID SPENCE https://padlet.com/david_spence/2m73chdzwsa en-us 2019-02-25 14:29:34 UTC 2019-02-26 13:47:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Elements of Poetry david_spence https://padlet.com/david_spence/2m73chdzwsa/wish/334862929 "My Papa's Waltz"]]> 2019-02-25 14:33:50 UTC https://padlet.com/david_spence/2m73chdzwsa/wish/334862929 https://padlet.com/david_spence/2m73chdzwsa/wish/335340879 Theodore Roethke uses figurative language, diction, and sound elements to create an impression on readers. 
"But I hung on like death” - Figurative Language 
“My mother’s countenance could not unfrown itself” - Diction
"You beat time on my head”  - Sound ]]> 2019-02-26 13:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/david_spence/2m73chdzwsa/wish/335340879 https://padlet.com/david_spence/2m73chdzwsa/wish/335342967 Roethke creates the overall effect of the poem by using child-like diction, nostalgic scenes, and strong imagery. 
Child-like diction: the use of the word “unfrown”
Nostalgia: “still clinging onto your shirt”
Imagery: the pans slipping from the shelf]]> 2019-02-26 13:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/david_spence/2m73chdzwsa/wish/335342967 “My Papa’s Waltz” https://padlet.com/david_spence/2m73chdzwsa/wish/335344279 The author uses simplistic, childlike, language to communicate a little boy’s perspective. Using the phrases “could not unfrown itself,” “my right ear scraped a buckle,” and “waltzed me off to bed” depicts childlike behaviors exemplified in the poem. ]]> 2019-02-26 13:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/david_spence/2m73chdzwsa/wish/335344279 https://padlet.com/david_spence/2m73chdzwsa/wish/335344675 The author uses diction that is child-like to portray that the small boy is aware that his father is in a drunken state, but this memory is one that will stick in his head forever. 
The first stanza talks about the father having enough alcohol in him to make a small boy dizzy. As the dance goes on the boy’s ear scrapes his father’s buckle and his father beats time on his head, but he keeps going because he loves this very distinct memory with his father. ]]> 2019-02-26 13:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/david_spence/2m73chdzwsa/wish/335344675