Poetry Entry #2

My Last Duchess

        This poem is based on Alfonso II who was a duke of Ferrara in Italy and loved his duchess very much. He had her painted on a wall. This painting is admired by the duke. He expresses how alive she looks in the painting and how he wants to show it off to those who enter his home. 

         The duke then begins to talk about his duchess and her characteristics. She had a heart that was easy  to make happy. Her skin was very pale and flush. Then the duke starts to tell a story about the duchess being in the orchard and she was lost. A guy with a horse helped her out of the orchard and she blushed as she said thank you. This happened often that she would flirt with other guys. 

          The Duke talks about how the Duchess should be happy with him because she is with someone who has a nine-hundred year old name. He starts to order her around and tell her what she should do. The duchess doesn't like this at all. She becomes unhappy and eventually leaves him.

My Papa's Waltz

        This poem is about a boy that is waltzing with his father, who has been drinking whiskey. As he's dancing with his dad he's trying to ignore the smell of the whiskey that is taking over the air. They danced and danced until the pans in the kitchen ell off the shelves. Then the boy's mother came in with a frown on her face, not too happy at what she saw. The father's hands were worn and battered. As the boy stood with his father he was a lot shorter and his ear rubbed on his dad's belt buckle. As they continued to dance the father took the boy to his bed.