Week-3-Discussion-Do-you-agree-with-your-classmates-perspectives-writing-homework-help

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Each response should be at least 75 words in length and should address two or more of the following:

  • Do you agree with your classmates’ perspectives? Why, or why not? Be specific.
  • Ask a specific question to encourage further discussion on the topic.
  • Challenge your classmates’ interpretation of literature and/or point of view.
  • Do a small amount of research and share what you learn with your peers about the topic discussed in this post.

Part one:

I believe the theme of this poem is how important the time the child was spending with their father even though there were flaws. I believe this because of the poetic device of imagery was used. Through the poem, Theodore Roethke uses descriptions like “The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy;” (line 1 and 2). If you have ever smelled whiskey on someone’s breath before than you most likely thought back to that memory while reading that. Another example of the imagery helping show the theme is line 14 when it says “With a palm caked hard by dirt”. It makes a clear picture of a father’s hand that is filthy and rough from work holding the child’s wrist. A second poetic device that was used in the poem is rhythm. Every other line rhymed and for someone like myself who struggles with reading and literature, it makes reading this poem flow smoother. The poetic devices throughout the poem definitely painted a clear picture in my mind of a young child, dancing on the feet of their father. The father smells strongly of whiskey, stumbled and missed steps, and his hands are still caked with dirt from work. I also saw this young child who clung on “like death” (line 3) because even with the flaws of the situation he was loving the time and experience with his father anyways.

Part two:

  After hearing the poem I no longer looked at it the same way. Hearing it spoken made the poem seem much more serious and even dark. When I was reading it, I guess I put a little comedy towards it because I had been that child once, but hearing it made it sound sad and on the scary side. When I read the poem the pace was much faster than it was listening to it. I do believe that reading poetry aloud is worthwhile. When you read it aloud you are able to hear how you are reading it which could lead to better understanding and it may be easier to analyze because you may be able to relate it the poem because of your passed experiences. I do now also believe hearing poetry read by the author is important because you are able to hear it how they meant for it to be heard and it could help you understand the meaning the author meant.

References

Clugston, R. W. (2014). Journey into literature (2nd ed.) [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/ (Section 9.3)

 
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