It is now week six and I'm still hanging on somehow. It was a long week for me due to the five days of school paired with two. eight-hour shifts at my favorite place... McDonalds *major eye roll.* However, the PoW, titled: My Papa's Waltz, gave me some insight in how not only in poetry, but things within real life, can have more than one meaning/purpose. The poem is told from the point of view of a presumed young boy. In the poem, the boy describes dancing with his intoxicated father. After one read through, the poem seems lighthearted and touching, due to the rhyme and use of words such as "romped." However, when read through once more, abusive elements start to make their way out of the shadows. The boy describes being dizzied by his father's whiskey scented breath, hitting his face on a belt buckle, and proceeds to go one with describing his father's time keeping upon his head. These elements reveal a dark interpretation of the poem, giving in more than one possible meaning. I do not believe that poetry is the only thing that can have multiple meanings. Thing''s within life can often be up to each individual person's interpretation. Take a rose for example; for some, a rose may simply be another flower, nothing special at all, but to another person, a rose could mean the world. The rose could be a symbol of something much deeper, much like the poem.
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