My Papa's Waltz

Did you agree with the assessment and analysis of My Papa's Waltz. Does it surprise you that a reader once wrote that "Roethke expresses his resentment for his father, a drunken brute with dirty hands and a whiskey breath who carelessly hurt the child's ear and mistreated him". Is this claim valid?
You can read what some students wrote about this poem last year if you want some ideas.

O.Pelletier

Choo Choo

Here are a few thoughts for you:
What do you think about the following quote by Carl Sandburg?

"I've written some poetry I don't understand myself."
Carl Sandburg

Do you think that there are limits to what evidence we can draw from poetry analysis? Where would you draw that line with the poems that we read? What seems like a valid interpretation to you? What do you get from these two poems?
Have a nice weekend,
O.Pelletier

First class

Hello everyone,

I hope you are enjoying your first novel and that you had some time to review the poems that we read this week. I await your reflexions and invite you to consider the following elements: "What symbols are used in the two poems and how to they help your understanding of the poems?", What do the titles reveal about the poems in these two cases?"

See you in class,
O.Pelletier