The first time I read this poem I got the feeling that the speakers dad is an alcoholic based on the first 2 lines. Knowing that I got this pit in my stomach because my dad is an alcoholic aswell and I grew up with him always smelling like beer or rum. The second stanza I didn’t really understand so with a few more readings and dissecting it I should figure it out. However I did get that the dad is abusive towards the speaker based on the 3rd and final stanza. Overall I feel that this poem is strong
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Adam Crowley The poem‚ “My Papa’s Waltz‚” by Theodore Roethke‚ is about the ongoing issue of a father physically abusing his young son. There are many specific details throughout the poem that support this idea. The father in this poem is a violent alcoholic. It is a common and ongoing problem in this particular household. Finally‚ I believe that both the mother and child disapprove of the father’s actions‚ but don’t dare to take action against him. This poem shows the reader what happens
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For many years society has embraced the idea that the difference between men and women were biologically determined. Thou through traditions‚ media‚ and peers we act accordingly to how others view us. Each individual has pressure placed upon them based on their gender. Our sex is determined by genetics while our gender is programmed by social customs. Some theories interpret that a women is tender and a loving mother while on the other hand men are aggressive hunters and are the dominant one of the
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children playing at being/ something‚ we made‚ we keep / making our whiteness up” is significant because it states that whiteness is something that was created by the group the speaker belongs to; it is something the speaker’s group did. The others that are “not” are described that way because whiteness was created. These word and words contribute to the poem’s meaning because they exemplify the separation of people due to a standard “whiteness”. 2. In “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ there is a significance in the
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In his story‚ My Papa’s waltz‚ Theodore Roethke examines the relationship between a father and son. The essay describes the daily interactions between the two. Some people may consider the relationship to be abusive‚ while others see it as a loving relationship with a little bit of roughhousing. The relationship between the father and son in this poem is seen as loving and fun. In the first stanza‚ the father is portrayed as a drinker whose alcohol-scented breath “could make a small boy dizzy.”
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Summary James C. Peterson‚ author of Why Don’t We Listen Better? Communicating & Connecting in Relationships‚ through trial and error learned the value of communication balancing in which he found that the counselor must listen awhile‚ talk until the other person stops hearing and then listen until the person calms enough to hear again.(Peterson‚ 2007 Pg. 5) This concept is enlarged into a process in which Peterson calls the flat-brain syndrome. The purpose of the writing of this book according
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At first glance‚ My Papa’s Waltz plants an image of child abuse in the reader’s mind. Certainly to a reader of the 21st century generation‚ everything has a "dark meaning" behind it. But‚ with a closer look at what Roethke is really implying‚ it becomes clear to the audience that the story alludes to a much lighter meaning. To better understand this poem‚ it helps to know that this was written in 1942‚ when people’s activities‚ habits‚ and even the language were quite different than they are today
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Every living organism has a physiological rhythm. Some animal rhythms span from about a day (circadian) and other animal rhythms span to about a year (circannual). A physiological rhythm could mean the temperature of the species‚ frequency of movement‚ brain activity‚ etc. Most animals are active during the day time and some are more active during the night (Erkert‚ 2008). For example‚ a monkey increases its muscular movement during the day making the monkey more of a daytime animal (Krilowicz and
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Ultradian rhythms are bodily rhythms that last less than 24 hours. The most obvious ultradian rhythm is the different stages of sleep‚ existing within the ciradian rhythm of the sleep-wake cycle. Sleep is dived into cycles‚ each lasting about 90 minutes. During these cycles‚ we will experience 5 different stages of sleep- the first four being characterized as non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM)‚ and the last stage being characterized as rapid eye movement sleep (REM). When human beings are awake
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small‚ insulated space inside of a refrigerator‚ an air conditioner cools a room‚ whole house‚ and/or entire business. Air conditioners use chemicals that easily convert gas to a liquid and back again. Extreme heat has a clear negative impact on the intellect and on physical activity and the use of air conditioning can go some way to rectifying this. It improves comfort levels at work and at leisure. It improves job performance. It can result in increased physical and intellectual activity. Air
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