My Papa's Waltz Summary

In the poem, My Papa’s Waltz, Theodore Roethke talks about a young boy’s relationship with his father. I think that the poem talks about how the young boy loves his father but their relationship is strained. I also think that the young boy fears that his father will drink himself to death. There is a lot of imagery in this poem. There are descriptions like, “we romped around until the pans slid from the kitchen shelf. There is imagery in every stanza. Roethke uses great word choice too. It is imperative that you have great word choice for imagery. The two go hand in hand. He uses such descriptive words like when he said, “I hung on like death.” He uses these two things to help describe his relationship with his father. This child loves his