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Parent / Child Poetry

Parent / Child Poetry. An exercise in tone…. “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke (1948).

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Parent / Child Poetry

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  1. Parent / Child Poetry An exercise in tone…

  2. “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke (1948) The whisky on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy;But I hung on like death: Such waltzing was not easy.We romped until the pans Slid from the kitchen shelf;My mother's countenance Could not unfrown itself.The hand that held my wrist Was battered on one knuckle;At every step you missed My right ear scraped a buckle.You beat time on my head With a palm caked hard by dirt,Then waltzed me off to bed Still clinging to your shirt.

  3. In groups of 2 – 4… • Read your group’s poem together and answer these on 1 sheet of paper: • Name the title and author • What is the TONE? List SPECIFIC words to describe the TONE. List words and phrases from the poem that contribute to the TONE. • How does the poem compare/contrast with the examples of parenthood present in DOAS? Does the poem present a positive or negative view of the parent/child relationship? • What is the THEME or MESSAGE? How do you know?

  4. “A Story” by Li-Young Lee (1990) Sad is the man who is asked for a storyand can't come up with one. His five-year-old son waits in his lap.Not the same story, Baba. A new one.The man rubs his chin, scratches his ear. In a room full of books in a worldof stories, he can recallnot one, and soon, he thinks, the boywill give up on his father. Already the man lives far ahead, he seesthe day this boy will go. Don't go! Hear the alligator story! The angel story once more!You love the spider story. You laugh at the spider.Let me tell it! But the boy is packing his shirts,he is looking for his keys. Are you a god,the man screams, that I sit mute before you?Am I a god that I should never disappoint? But the boy is here. Please, Baba, a story?It is an emotional rather than logical equation,an earthly rather than heavenly one,which posits that a boy's supplicationsand a father's love add up to silence.

  5. “First Lesson” by Phyllis McGinley (1960) The thing to remember about fathers is, they're men.A girl has to keep it in mind.They are dragon-seekers, bent on improbable rescues. Scratch any father, you findSomeone chock-ful of qualms and romantic terrors,Believing change is a threat--Like your first shoes with heels on, like your first bicycleIt took such months to get.Walk in strange woods, they warn you about the snakes there. Climb, and they fear you'll fall.Books, angular boys, or swimming in deep water--Fathers mistrust them all. Men are worriers. It is difficult for themTo learn what they must learn;How you have a journey to take and very likely,For a while, will not return.

  6. “First Lesson” by Phillip Booth Lie back daughter, let your headbe tipped back in the cup of my hand.Gently, and I will hold you. Spreadyour arms wide, lie out on the streamand look high at the gulls. A dead-man's float is face down. You will diveand swim soon enough where this tidewaterebbs to the sea. Daughter, believeme, when you tire on the long thrashto your island, lie up, and survive.As you float now, where I held youand let go, remember when fearcramps your heart what I told you:lie gently and wide to the light-yearstars, lie back, and the sea will hold you.

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