Compare And Contrast Mcdonald's Waltz And Life With Father
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Walter McDonald’s “Life with Father” and Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz” similarly describes a childhood dealing with an alcoholic father, however, the poets experience with the situation differs. In Walter McDonald’s “Life with Father” and Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz” the poets use figurative language and Tone to reveal their shared themes regarding the tension and fear of living with an alcoholic father [in their childhood but evoking a hint of affection.]
In a like manner, the poets’ use of figurative language exposes the father in a drunken state to reveal the child’s emotions and/or reaction towards it. In McDonald’s “Life with Father”, the children see their father as a monster, using symbolism such as