My Papa S Waltz Final Draft

With his use Of pathos and ambiguity usually leaves the interpretation Of the poem up to the reader. Some people may consider this poem to advert an offensive relationship between a young male child and his bewilder. On the contrary, some believe this poem reflects on fond memories between a sky pilot and son. In the first stanza, Reroute starts off by setting a sort of ominous t champion. The whiskey on your breath / Could make a small son dizzy/ (1-2). Here he reveals to his readers that his father was drunk and the smell of his breath was unbearable.Subsequently, he goes on to describe the manner in which he was holding on to his father. But hung on similar death / Such waltzing was non easy (3-4). The simile here shows the male child holding onto his father as tight as he possibly could. It was not an easy task for the child but he was determined not to let go. Now, if the reader portrays this in a banish fashion it can be interpreted as a drunken father coming home, r eeking of whiskey, while the child tries as hard as he can to get th or so this current beating, or dance as he calls it.However, if the reader sees this in a more costive light, one can nearly see the small boy standing on his feet, holding on so he wont fall, dancing around with his drunken father. Naturally, it would not be easy to maintain your balance while standing on the feet of another person. The second stanza sounds quite violent. We froliced until the pans / Slid from the kitchen shelf / My mothers countenance / Could not unfrozen itself (5-8). Here, Reroute describes an almost chaotic scene, with pans falling to the floor caused by the movement of the two. The mothers look on her face clearly indicates that she is not happy with what is going on. Inning the word hoyden contradictly, could imply the boy easily being tossed around the kitchen, pans crashing onto the floor as his father would chase him, and the clear displeasure on the mothers face. On the contrary, the use of romp can be used to describe an overly excited child and his father, c atomic number 18lessly dancing, running and jumping around the kitchen. Meanwhile, the mother could be annoyed at the mess the two are making. Reroute describes the roughness of his fathers hands as well as his ear scratched ear in the third stanza. The hand that held my wrist Was strike on one knuckle (9-10).As his father held onto his wrist, the boy could see calloused and cuts prominent on one knuckle. From an optimistic standpoint we can see the boy notices his fathers injured hand. The cut is assumed to come from the gardening work in the greenhouse in which the family owned. On the other hand the fathers battered hands could be an indication of abuse. The cuts could have possibly occurred from previous altercations. Next, Reroute describes how the alcohol has made his father clumsy and every time his father stumbled the boys ear would scrape on the blame buckle. At every step you missed / My eight ear scraped a buckle (1 1-12). The scraping of the boys ear could paint a picture of the drunken father stumbling around trying to hit the boy with the belt or it can be portrayed as a stumbling father dancing around with the boy on his feet. Because of the height difference, the boys ear is getting scraped. In the fourth and final stanza it becomes apparent its the young boys bed time. Once again Reroute describes his fathers hands as rough and dirt stained, probably from the gardening work in the greenhouse. You beat time on my head / With a palm caked hard by dirt (13-14).Just like most children, he doesnt want to go and so he clings to his father Then waltzed me off to bed / Still clinging to your shirt (15-16). In a negative aspect, one can assume that this stanza is used to describe more physical abuse from the father. For example, the boy gets sent off to bed still holding on to his fathers shirt as if he is protecting himself from further blows. On the other hand one could imply his fathers dirty hands are simply imitating unison in the same way one would beat on the kitchen table singing along to a song, as he father dances the boy to his bed.Clearly the child is having a good time and does not want it to end, so he holds on tightly to his father. Reroute uses pathos throughout the entire poem. With every written line, the readers emotions are pulled into different directions. Reroute causes his audience to not just respond emotionally but to identityy with his point of view. In essence to feel what he is feeling. The most singular thing about his use of pathos, is that it is undefined in a sense. The readers interpretations from his choice f words creates the emotional rise.When I was first introduced to this poem was in my upstart teens. Maybe it was my inexperience with life or just an immature mindset, but just like most people, too thought this poem was about an abusive father. With the contradictory terms he uses in this piece it is easy to see the negative undertones. However, as time passed and I grew, my outlook on life changed. mayhap it was becoming a mother that helped me see this piece in a new light but when I read it now smile at the thought of a young boy. Dancing around with his father.