The poems we read this week contain several elements of poetry. Metaphor is one of the major elements used in these poems. In the poem “My papa’s Waltz”, Theodore Roethke uses the metaphor “At every step you missed My right ear scraped a buckle” (11-12). The kid is comparing the effects of the fathers mistakes to the pain one experiences when the ear scrap a buckle.

Another element that is used is imagery. Robert Hayden writes, “The cold splintering breaking” (6). This visualizes how cold it was. Robert also uses imagery when he writes, “Cracked hands that ached” (3) to visualize the hard work of the father. Theodore Roethke states, “Then waltzed me off to bed still clinging to your shirt” (15-16). This shows imagery showing the love between the child and the father.

Similes are another element used in the poems. In the poem “The Chute”’ Sharon Olds uses the simile, “holding his kid like a bottle brush inside a bottle” (40-41) to compare how the kid was held inside the hole to a brush inside a bottle. Sharon also uses other similes such as “blood in your head like a sac of worms in wet soil’ (37-38) “, square mouth like a well with a lid on it” (4-5) and “blood on him, like a newborn’s caul” (17)

In the poem My Papa’s Waltz, Theodore Roethke uses the rhyme “was battered on one knuckle; … My right ear scraped a buckle” (10-12). There is a rhyme in knuckle and buckle. Robert Hayden uses personification “fearing the chronic angers of that house” (9). The house is portrayed as possessing human qualities of feeling chronic anger. The tone in this poem is sorrowful and regressive.

Work Cited

Hayden, Robert. “Those Winter Sundays.” Collected Poems of Robert Hayden. N.p.: Liveright Corporation, 1966. N. pag. Poets.org – Poetry, Poems, Bios & More. Web. 29 Mar. 2016.

Olds, Sharon. “The Chute”. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2016.

Roethke, Theodore. ” My Papas Waltz “. N.p.: n.p., 1942. Web. 28 Mar. 2016.

Response to Shahnoza Rashidova 

Great analysis of the poems Shahnoza, elements such as similes, metaphors, personification, imagery and symbolism appears in the poems. Robert Hayden uses personification “fearing the chronic angers of that house” (9). The house is portrayed as possessing human qualities of feeling chronic anger. Robert Hayden also uses the imagery; “The cold splintering breaking” (6) to help the reader visualizes how cold it was. Theodore Roethke also uses the imagery “Then waltzed me off to bed still clinging to your shirt” (15-16) to enable the reader visualize the love between the child and the father. The poems have used many elements some of which appear in your analysis.

Work Cited

Hayden, Robert. “Those Winter Sundays.” Collected Poems of Robert Hayden. N.p.: Liveright Corporation, 1966. N. pag. Poets.org – Poetry, Poems, Bios & More. Web. 29 Mar. 2016.

Roethke, Theodore. ” My Papas Waltz “. N.p.: n.p., 1942. Web. 28 Mar. 2016.

Response to Nikita Tohaan 

Hi Nikita, great work there. You have mentioned most of the elements used in the poems such as symbols, rhyme, imagery and irony. Robert Hayden also uses the imagery, “The cold splintering breaking” (6) to visualize how cold it was. He also uses imagery when he writes, “Cracked hands that ached” (3) to visualize the hard work of the father. Sharon Olds also uses other similes such as “blood in your head like a sac of worms in wet soil’ (37-38) “, square mouth like a well with a lid on it” (4-5) and “blood on him, like a newborn’s caul” (17). Other elements have been used that you can find in the poems with further analysis.

Work Cited

Hayden, Robert. “Those Winter Sundays.” Collected Poems of Robert Hayden. N.p.: Liveright Corporation, 1966. N. pag. Poets.org – Poetry, Poems, Bios & More. Web. 29 Mar. 2016.

Olds, Sharon. “The Chute”. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2016.

Response to Yuliana Cuzzi 

Nice piece of work Yuliana, you have touched on most of the elements used in the poems. However, you have not touched much on similes. In the poem “The Chute”’ Sharon Olds uses the simile, “holding his kid like a bottle brush inside a bottle” (40-41) to compare how the kid was held inside the hole to a brush inside a bottle. Sharon Olds also uses other similes such as “blood in your head like a sac of worms in wet soil’ (37-38) “, square mouth like a well with a lid on it” (4-5) and “blood on him, like a newborn’s caul” (17). You can also look out for other elements such as rhyme, personification, and symbols.

Work Cited

Olds, Sharon. “The Chute”. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2016.

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