Theodore Roethke

Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s waltz” and Susan Musgraves “You didn’t Fit” are two poems that capture the love between a child and their father. While “My Papa’s waltz” illustrates the contrast of love and honor and “You didn’t Fit” illustrates a contrast of nostalgia and affection. In both poems the speakers seem to look back on their childhoods with much love and respect for their fathers. In “My papa’s waltz” it is a poem that is often well-known for having different…

In the poem Papa’s Waltz it was a story about a father and son bond. While I was read in the poem I found some evidence about the father was abusive to his son like in the beginning of the poem when the father came home drunk off of whiskey, on line 1 and 2 they could almost lead father to be violence to his son because he was drunk then I read line 3 when it talking about ‘’death’’ example the hung on like death and how could it be a lovely poem about a father and son relationship but I see in…

Parents’ love for their children is sometimes not acknowledge by the kids until they become adult. Children often become so wrapped up in their own tasks and obligations that they take for granted the simple acts of love and support given to them by their parents. Similarly, Robert Hayden’s "Those Winter Sundays" is a very touching poem regarding his relationship with his father. Robert Hayden was an African-American poet and professor who is best known as the author of poems, including “Those…

cellar to see these strange shoots everywhere. A. Roethke describes the cellar’s environment as “dank as a ditch,” (1) which gives the feeling of a place that is uncomfortable. B. The poet goes on to name items that have distinctive smells, “leaf-mold, manure, and lime” (9), and adds adjectives such as “rank, dank, silo-rich, and slippery” to intensify the images (8). C. Describing the shoots coming out of the bulbs as “like tropical snakes” (Roethke 5) gives the reader a visual image of all the…

drunken father. The poem shows how some things that are bad can be described as good. Many people believe that Theodore Roethke was the small boy in the poem and he is simply looking back on memories of his father, even if they are scary or confusing. Theodore Roethke wrote plenty about his father in his works. He had a complicated relationship with his father and his father died when Theodore was 14;…

how much love he has for his dad. The poem “My Papa’s Waltz” written by Theodore Roethke shows how a little boy can look past his dad’s faults and still want to be a part of his father’s day. To begin, the poem starts out with the two playing along together. Roethke opens with, "The whiskey on your breath / Could make a small boy dizzy" (lines 1-2). The father is quite drunk. He is very likely to not be able to function…

My Papa's Waltz In the poem my “ My Papa’s Waltz”, written by Theodore Roethke is sought to show a grief emotion of sorrow that the narrator is experiencing with his father. He provides hints and uses imagery and personification to conceal the truth about what is occurring in his life. Although, the poem may sound simple and easy to understand “ My Papa’s Waltz” is really a complex narrative of parental love and abuse. As, the story is being told he incorporates a song that has a beautiful…

In Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz”, the reader is a shown a horrible experience, the beating of a child by his father told in a way of the beautiful dance—the waltz. Our poet tries to beautify it by making it a waltz. It has the same timing as a waltz, 3 4 time. Roethke uses language, imagery, and tone to set the theme of abuse. The tone of the poem sets the whole poem up. It creates the course of the poem. The first stanza of this poem set the whole mood of the poem. “The whiskey on…

When it comes to the topic of ¨My Papa's Waltz¨ written by Theodore Roethke, most people will readily agree that this poem is about a loving memory. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of when is it fine to abuse a child because a father got drunk? Whereas some are convinced that the poem is about a fond memory, others maintain that it's about abuse. While the subject of ¨My Papa's Waltz¨ has spurred passionate academic debate from professors, scholars, and students…

Boozer Mrs. Geren English 102-48 March 17, 2017 A Father and Son After first reading and analyzing the poem titled "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke, a negative or positive feeling could be shaped. Because of a portion of the words in this poem, it is reasonable why this sort of response could be evoked. Basic speculation allows one to better comprehend what Roethke may truly mean. Throughout the poem, the rhyme scheme, mood, figurative language, the tone of the author, and the possible…