Record/ New Thesis

First off, I changed my thesis (because I'm wishy washy).
Thesis:
A father's Involvement with his child is a key factor in the psychological development of the child. Roethke's poem My Papa's Waltz displays a fine line between physical abuse and love. The relationship in Thompson's Blankets reveals a sense of psychological abuse followed by a content and loving relationship.

Anger and anxiety affect and are affected by the involvement of a father-figure (see charts)--(Molenaar, Sinclair, et al 261).
"...In poetry we find that what has often been caled a unique entry into the subjective experience and point of view of others, especially others unlike ourselves" (Shapiro 174).
Shapiro goes on to explain that poetry takes us into other places and situations... some that we may not wish to be a part of (Shapiro 174).