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1、Appreciationon“MyPapa，sWaltz”Name:pengjingMajor:modernandcomtemporaryChineseliteratureNumber:2009111102000084Abstract：“Mypapa'swaltz",oneofTheodoreRoethke'spoetry,thoughonthesurfaceitisreallyaverysimplepoem,itisoverstuffedwithmanymixedinterpretationswhichmaybecausedbythepoet
2、，sabuseofwordchoiceandthechangingtone.Someoneholdsthatthepoemisdescribingaboisterousscenecreatedbythedrunkfatherandthesonthroughwhichthepoetisintendtomemorythosehappytimestogetherwithhisdeadfather.Othersheldthatitdescribesasceneadrunkwhowasshowinghisabuseorviolencetohisson.H
3、owever,afteracloselyanalysisonthewholepoem,thepresentauthorholdsthatreadersofthispoemcanheldquitecontradictoryinterpretationsofit,dependingonwhatpersonalexperiencetheyhadundergo-Inotherwords,itmeansthatthepoemneedsnottobereadexclusivelyasapositiveoranegativedescriptionofthis
4、familymoment.Tosomeextent,wecansaythatthisisamomentcharacterizedbyconflictingemotionsforthespeaker:loveandfright;excitementandconcern;aroughtenderness.Inthispaper,thepresentauthortriestoanalyzesuchakindoftangledemotionbetweenfatherandsonfromperspectivesofwordchoice,imagery,t
5、hechangeoftone,andtheformofthepoem.1・Introduction"Mypapalwaltz”，oneofTheodoreRoethke9spoetry,hascausedwidelycriticizeinthewesterncountries.However,fewcriticshaveappearedinChina.“MyPapa'sWaltz"wasfirstpublishedin1948in“TheLostSon",acollectioninwhichRoethketraceshisgrowthfromc
6、hildhoodtomaturity.Outwardly,itisasimplepoem:fourquatrainsofalternatingrhymerecallinganincidentfromchildhood.ButthissimplicitybeliesRoethke^scomplexinterweavingofseveraldifferentemotionsandmoods.Thepoemisaboutayoungboywaltzingwithhisfathe匚Onecanassumethatthespeaker,thatis,th
7、eyoungboy,orperhapsthepoetisreminiscinghisyouth.Thefatherdancesaroundinahaphazardmanner,knockingoverpansinthekitchen.Themotherstandaside,holdingadisapproveattitudetowardstheboisterousscenecreatedbythedrunkfatherandtheson.Thispoemisoverstuffedwithmanymixedinterpretations.Some
8、willsaythatthepoemisaboutamanlookingbackonhappytimes.Somepeopleevensaythatt
