“My Papa’s Waltz”
The poem “My Papa’s Waltz” written by Theodore Roethke is a great poem to show an example of a child’s life. In this poem, the deepest love from the father to his son was a key part in “My Papa’s Waltz”. There is no love like a child’s love for his/her parent, it is the best ‘type’ of love out there. In this poem, Theodore Roethke uses great words to describe what is going on in their house as a family of three. Every word in the stanza’s in this poem are greatly worded and placed. Treating your kid with the utmost respect is a way of being a parent. Even though you shouldn’t beat your kid, love from your children is the best love you can get because your kids look up to you and they will always want to be like you and they represent you. Kids like Roethke are very alert to what is going on around them, beating them isn’t the answer.
Roethke starts his poem, “My Papa’s Waltz” with a strong first stanza. In his first stanza, he describes the relationship between his father and himself. In this poem, it is obvious that the father is an alcoholic. In the beginning of the poem, he talks about “whiskey on your breath” (line 1). Hard working laborers drank dark liquor after long days at work. Liquor like Cognac and Scotch gets you …show more content…
Roethke says in the poem “you beat time on my head” (line 13). The words “beat time” are trying to say he kept rhythm on the child’s head. Not only “beating time” then but beating him throughout time (as he gets older). The beating keeps going on and getting harder, it never gets softer and it never lets up. The next line states, “with a palm caked hard by dirt” (line 14). Since he is a laborer his hands are uneven, filthy, and caked hard by the dirt. Imagining the father hitting the kids head the dirt keeps getting harder and harder. What it is also trying to tell us is since the hands are hard they are never gentle because of his work
The poem “My Papa’s Waltz” written by Theodore Roethke is a great poem to show an example of a child’s life. In this poem, the deepest love from the father to his son was a key part in “My Papa’s Waltz”. There is no love like a child’s love for his/her parent, it is the best ‘type’ of love out there. In this poem, Theodore Roethke uses great words to describe what is going on in their house as a family of three. Every word in the stanza’s in this poem are greatly worded and placed. Treating your kid with the utmost respect is a way of being a parent. Even though you shouldn’t beat your kid, love from your children is the best love you can get because your kids look up to you and they will always want to be like you and they represent you. Kids like Roethke are very alert to what is going on around them, beating them isn’t the answer.
Roethke starts his poem, “My Papa’s Waltz” with a strong first stanza. In his first stanza, he describes the relationship between his father and himself. In this poem, it is obvious that the father is an alcoholic. In the beginning of the poem, he talks about “whiskey on your breath” (line 1). Hard working laborers drank dark liquor after long days at work. Liquor like Cognac and Scotch gets you …show more content…
Roethke says in the poem “you beat time on my head” (line 13). The words “beat time” are trying to say he kept rhythm on the child’s head. Not only “beating time” then but beating him throughout time (as he gets older). The beating keeps going on and getting harder, it never gets softer and it never lets up. The next line states, “with a palm caked hard by dirt” (line 14). Since he is a laborer his hands are uneven, filthy, and caked hard by the dirt. Imagining the father hitting the kids head the dirt keeps getting harder and harder. What it is also trying to tell us is since the hands are hard they are never gentle because of his work