have portrayed history‚ values‚ customs‚ and languages of particular groups. Literature is being multicultural now helps acquire knowledge of different societies in the world. The story Jewish Christmas by Faye Moskowitz‚ a poem My Papa Waltz by Theodore Roethke and the play Andre’s Mother by Terrence McNally provides for the diversity and the influence of family in literature. Faye Moskowitz writes about a traditional Jewish Christmas as she was taking up in Michigan in the thirties. The theme of religious
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poem “My Papa’s Waltz” Theodore Roethke uses a type of dance to symbolize the narrator’s relationship with his violently alcoholic father‚ the antagonist. The evidence in the poem suggests the boy‚ the protagonist‚ has come to terms with the domestic violence and accepts it. The narrator believes the beatings are inevitable and relates them to every human’s inevitable fate‚ through death. The narrator doesn’t blame his father and in fact blames himself for the beatings. Roethke argues that the relationship
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In the famous poem‚ Root Cellar‚ author Theodore Roethke uses immensely visual and sensory images. The reader not only experiences going down into the cellar through the intense description‚ but also through the imagery‚ along with a few powerful similes that give life to the root cellar’s contents and creates a sense of awareness for the reader. In the first line‚ the words “dank as a ditch‚” are an example of a simile that brings some clarity to the cellar because now there is something to compare
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the poem “My Papa’s Waltz‚” by Theodore Roethke‚ he reminisces a happy memory with his father. “We romped until the pans Slid from the kitchen shelf” (5&6). In this line‚ the narrator and his father are dancing excitedly‚ which causes them to knock into some pans in the kitchen. They dance freely with no care and they had fun‚ but they also bump into things along the way‚ that is the relation of parenthood to the poem. “Then waltzed
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"My Papa’s Waltz" is one of most popular contemporary poems written by Theodore Roethke. The poem was first published in 1942 by Heast Magazines‚ Inc. from The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke. It is a poem about a boy recalling a time with his father while they share a dance of waltz. This poem consists of four quatrains written in iambic trimeter with a simple rhyme scheme. It uses imagery‚ metaphors‚ and simile to invoke a strong impression. Each image captures an emotional richness all told
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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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and Writing. 9th ed. Ed Abcarian‚ Richard and Marvin Klotz. Boston‚ MA: Bedford/St Martin‚ 2007. 777. Print. Myers‚ David G.‚ and David G. Myers. "Module 16: Love." Psychology in Modules‚ Ninth Edition. New York: Worth‚ 2010. 217. Print. Roethke‚ Theodore. “My Papa’s Waltz.” Literature the Human Experience Reading and Writing. 9th ed. Ed Abcarian‚ Richard and Marvin Klotz. Boston‚ MA: Bedford/St Martin‚ 2007. 800. Print
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almost the same meaning as “I could see his quiet face in the rearview mirror‚ eyes like hallways filled with smoke” from “Nighttime Fires.” Both phrases identify their father’s bumpiness and conveys a picture of physical assault to the reader. Roethke states‚ “We romped until the pans slid from the kitchen shelf” and Barreca expresses‚ “When I was five in Louisville we drove to see nighttime fires.” These phrases identify the shared struggle experienced by both authors in their poems. They share
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“My Papas Waltz” Theodore Roethke‚ in his poem‚ “My Papas Waltz”‚ recounts his childhood and his experiences with his drunken father‚ where he compares it to a waltz. Roethke’s purpose was to illustrate his love for his father even though he drank. He adopts a contemplative tone in order to reflect similar feelings and experiences in his scholastic readers. When analyzing the poem even the title has meaning besides its obvious use. The author uses the word papa‚ which is a child’s term for father
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First Last Teacher World Literature I January 15‚ 2009 “Those Winter Sundays” and “My Papa’s Waltz” The two poems‚ “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden and “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke‚ seem to have a very similar theme. Both of them tell a story‚ from an inside point of view‚ of a child who is looking back on the lives of their father’s by recalling and telling of certain events that occurred in their past. In “Those Winter Sundays” the narrator‚ obviously a female‚ “and
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