“My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke Please watch this video about pattern, sou
“My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke Please watch this video about pattern, sound, and meter in poetry. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URuMb15CWJs&t=34s ) Read this poem carefully, and consider both the story the poet is telling and the rhyme and meter he uses to tell it. Notice how it is written in Iambic tri-meter, which is the pace of a waltz. It has a bouncy, and childlike feeling to it. Notice how this affects your interpretation of the poem. ( https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43330/my-papas-waltz ) * After reading My Papa’s Waltz BY THEODORE ROETHKE and watched the video please answer these questions: – In your view, who is the speaker of this poem and who are they talking to? How does the speaker feel about this person and what is the evidence for these feelings? AND, how does the poem make you feel, and why? *** In your discussions, please be and trust yourself. Don’t go to outside sources. Write informally and honestly.Your answer must be written in your own voice and words. All plagiarism must be avoided. *** I would like the paper to be looking like a question & answer format rather than looking like an essay. *** *** Only use the sources that I gave you *** express what you are going to write in a way that sounds like it’s coming from you and sounds more like you’re giving your personal opinion using your own words******
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