Thesis 1 When first reading “My Papa’s Waltz” I got the impression of an abusive household where the father beats the son and the mother stands idly by allowing this to happen. After a couple more reads I saw the humor of the words explaining a clumsy waltz between a father and son. There are satiric words used leading many to believe that the son is being abused‚ but there are also contradictions in those words which leads in a different direction. My final direction is that the father is abusing
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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
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My Papa’s Waltz Reading this poem brings back memories from my early child. I remember being ten or eleven and going to daddy daughter dances at the community center. When they discuss the Whiskey on his breath‚ I remember smelling the grease on my father. He was never one to drink‚ which is something I find very respectable; but he worked in a GM factory so he smelled often smelled of grease. This became a comforting smell since as a child I always associate with my father. Dancing at these dances
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My Papa’s Waltz The poem my papa’s waltz my Theodore Roethke is a famous 20th century American poet. His poems are typically woven with lots of imagery and have intricate rhyme schemes. This poem is about a young boys intimate relationship with his father. I think the poet is the speaker of the poem and he’s sharing his own experience with the readers through his poem. The first stanza is all about how his drunken father has just returned home after a long hard day of work. He is in the mood
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My Papa’s Waltz I believe I am living a good life. My parents love me and provide me with all the things my heart desires‚ so creating a connection with the child in the poem‚ “My Papa’s Waltz‚” seemed as an impossible task. Yet‚ I have made a startling discovery with the child in the poem‚ and that is the way he and I both downplay the horrors in our lives. The boy in this poem is receiving scars from his father whose senses are muddled up to the point that he isn’t even in this world‚ though
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Traumatic Repression of a Waltz In Theodore Roethke’s poem‚ My Papa’s Waltz‚ there seems to be a bit of controversy about what actions are taking place within it. From the title‚ it appears that the father and child were dancing‚ seeing as a waltz is a type of dance. But this is no dance. While waltzing‚ one person leads while the other follows. The father is the leader in this situation‚ showing dominance over his child. This “waltz” is simply something that the father does often. The narrator is
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Although both Robert Hayden’s poem “The Whipping” and Theodore Roethke’s poem “My Papa’s Waltz” both speak about abuse‚ they have very different tones. Hayden’s poem carries a tone of anger directed towards abusers. On the other hand‚ Roethke’s poem has a tone of pity for the abused. This difference can be accounted for by the narrator’s differing attitudes towards the abuse. The narrator in “The Whipping” is tormented by the memories of abuse. The memories bring him only pain and fear. He mentions
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poems "My Father’s Song‚" by Simon J. Ortiz‚ and "My Papa’s Waltz‚" by Theodore Roethke‚ are two similar poems written about a father and child relationship. The two poems are spoken from the child’s point of view during a memorable event. As well as their similarities‚ these two poems have their differences. Although both poems concern the relationship between a father and his son‚ they differ on tone‚ imagery‚ and figurative language. In "My Father’s Song‚" the main tone is nostalgia. "My Papa’s
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