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... This state of something being unclear is a formal device called ambiguity. Ambiguity is used by authors to enhance the structure and meaning of the story. ... Perhaps, ambiguity most frequently occurs in the genre of poetry. ... An example is “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke. ... In Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz”, it is ambiguous whether the poem depicts the harsh, yet unconditional love between a child and his father or the abuse of a child by his father. ...
Other readers may view this episode between the speaker and his father as a form of abuse. ... The third stanza of the poem contains the most ambiguity. ...
While there appears to be two distinct possible meanings or themes in Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz”, it is ambiguous as to what the speaker of the poem is trying to convey to the readers. ... This ambiguity helps to create irony and paradox in the poem, which feeds the structure and meaning.
Approximate Word count = 943
Approximate Pages = 3.8
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