{"id":16312,"date":"2023-04-21T13:04:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T13:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/poetry-essay-700-800-words-mla-format-over-my-papas-waltz-by-theodore-roethke\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T13:04:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T13:04:27","slug":"poetry-essay-700-800-words-mla-format-over-my-papas-waltz-by-theodore-roethke","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/poetry-essay-700-800-words-mla-format-over-my-papas-waltz-by-theodore-roethke\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry Essay 700-800 Words MLA Format over “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke"},"content":{"rendered":"
Essay 2: Poetry\n<\/div>\n
Length: 700-800 words\n<\/div>\n
MLA Style Formatting and Documentation<\/div>\n
Topic:\n<\/div>\n
Every poem has a \u201ccentral message\u201d or important idea that it wants to communicate. In the discussion\n<\/div>\n
boards, you\u2019ve already identified what you think are the \u201cbig ideas\u201d in the poems we\u2019ve read. The poetic\n<\/div>\n
conventions of diction\/language usage, imagery, and metaphor (conventions that we have studied in\n<\/div>\n
this unit) usually communicate a poem\u2019s central message.\n<\/div>\n
Pick one or two of the poems we have read in this unit. Determine what you think is the poem\u2019s central\n<\/div>\n
message (everyone will have their own idea of what this is) and discuss how the conventions of\n<\/div>\n
diction\/language, imagery, and, if it is helpful, metaphor communicate the poem\u2019s\/poems\u2019 central\n<\/div>\n
message.\n<\/div>\n
Organization:\n<\/div>\n
Use the information below as a guide for organizing your essay. Your essay must have an introduction,\n<\/div>\n
2-3 body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.\n<\/div>\n
Introduction:\n<\/div>\n
Begin by introducing the author and title of the poem. Then, briefly describe the situation of the\n<\/div>\n
poem (what the poem is about). End the introduction with your thesis statement: the thesis\n<\/div>\n
statement will say what you think is the poem\u2019s central message or most important idea.\n<\/div>\n
Body Paragraphs:\n<\/div>\n
Your essay will have 2-3 body paragraphs. Each body paragraph will explain how a poetic\n<\/div>\n
convention (diction, imagery, metaphor) communicates the poem\u2019s central message.\n<\/div>\n
Sample Organization of Body Paragraphs\n<\/div>\n
Paragraph 1: Introduction and Thesis Statement\n<\/div>\n
Paragraph 2: Diction (Denotation\/Connotation). Explains how word usage communicates the\n<\/div>\n
poem\u2019s central idea.\n<\/div>\n
Paragraph 3:Imagery (Types of images). Explains how different types of imagery communicates the poem\u2019s central message.<\/span><\/div>\n
Paragraph 4: Conclusion. Why are the ideas discussed in your essay important? What\n<\/div>\n
social\/cultural relevance do the poem have for readers?\n<\/div>\n
Grading Criteria:\n<\/div>\n
\uf0b7 Essay Structure (Introduction, thesis statement, body paragraphs, conclusion, and\n<\/div>\n
transitions between essay\u2019s parts)\n<\/div>\n
\uf0b7 Poetry Documentation (uses slashes to separate poetic lines when quoting more than\n<\/div>\n
one line in a poem. Cite line numbers in parenthesis.)\n<\/div>\n
\uf0b7 Paragraph coherence and development (paragraphs are unified around a single topic\n<\/div>\n
sentence; ideas are developed with quotations and paraphrased material from the\n<\/div>\n
story; transition words and phrases link sentences.\n<\/div>\n
\uf0b7 Literary term\/s (for all poetry terms you use in the essay, quote or paraphrase the\n<\/div>\n
definition from the textbook and cite the page number)\n<\/div>\n
\uf0b7 MLA Formatting\/Documentation (heading, header, Times New Roman sized 12 font,\n<\/div>\n
double spaced; Works Cited and Parenthetical Citations)\n<\/div>\n
\uf0b7 Grammar\/Mechanics (Free of errors such as comma splice, sentence fragment,\n<\/div>\n
pronoun errors, awkward sentence structure)<\/div>\n
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The poem is My Papa\u2019s Waltz\n<\/div>\n
BY THEODORE ROETHKE<\/div>\n
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The following is my discussion post over this Poem:<\/div>\n
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I think that the tone of Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz” is sad. The poem shows a scene of abuse and trauma, instead of a happy and affectionate waltz between a father and son. The connotations of the word “waltzing” suggest a dance that is not smooth and graceful, but rather rough. The boy is described as “clinging” to his father’s shirt, in my opinion, suggests fear and desperation rather than affection. The word “beat” implies violence and physical harm, while the word “battered” implies a sense of injury and damage. The use of the word “death” suggests that the boy’s experience with his father was not great. The word “death” has a negative connotation implying sadness and grief.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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