The Last Waltz

Theodore Roethke’s My Papa’s Waltz has caused a lot of controversy throughout the years amongst literary critics, scholars, teachers, and students alike. Despite its innocent façade, upon closer inspection this poem is about a quite scary subject; a drunk father abusing his son. Many readers, preferring to ignore what a close read will inevitably lead them to, say that this is a happy memory between a father, albeit drunk as well as possibly a bit rough, and his son. One of the things that…

The task set is to identify the social-cognition concepts that are found in the characters behaviours and attitudes in the film, ‘Take the Lead’. Impression formation is when someone forms impressions of peoples charismas based on traits and behaviours. People can form impressions verbally, which involves what is said such as swearing, polite and/or formal language. An example of this is how Pierre, throughout the whole film, talks in a polite manner and never once raises his voice. His…

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…

Imagine being a child that loves their father unconditionally. That love is more powerful than thinking of the harm he does is doing to you. “My Papa's Waltz” by Theodore Roethke can be interpreted in multiple ways. The poem could be interpreted as a parent abusing his child due to alcoholism or a child dancing with his father. In the poem, Theodore reminisces about his youth of tangled emotions of fear and unconditional love towards his father besides the imperfections his father has. This poet…

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…

d. Three dances that are mentioned within the text are pavane, saltarello, and ronde. Pavane is commonly known as a dance for several couples and steps were in sequence. Royals used this dance customarily to open luxurious ceremonials and to present their royal attire. Before this dance was commenced, the dancers acknowledged the King and Queen while dancing across the room. In this performance, retreating noblemen would lead their maidens by the hand and the ladies would curtsy and do a few…

My Papa's Waltz depicts a family picture also shows the happiness of a family union; it points out a full of responsibility, positive, and the rough image of a father. In this poem, the author recalls the fragments of his childhood with his father; it is also an expression of the author on the death of his father's nostalgia. My Papa's Waltz has a profound meaning. As we know that the waltz is a solemn, elegant, colorful dance. At that time, it could be said to be a kind of aristocratic…

“My Papa’s Waltz”, written by Theodore Roethke, uses strong sentence structure to allow his poem to portray several different interpretations. He is able to use imagery to show the speaker and his father waltzing throughout their house, but is it in a negative or positive way? After I first read this I sensed negative actions taking place, particularly abusive, but after reading the poem a few more times I visualized a more positive perspective. One part about a poem I personally enjoy is it…

My Papa’s Waltz Sometimes memories are more powerful than the events themselves. Theodore Roethke utilized the poetic devices of similes, metaphors, and alliterations to demonstrate a vivid experience of the power of a memory. Theodore Roethke, a well-known poet, wrote a narrative poem called My Papa’s Waltz. The theme of the poem is to cherish memories that occur with your family such as: Dad, Mom, and Grandparents. The subject of the poem is to show that the reader should enjoy the fun…

“My Papa’s Waltz” Author Theodore Roethke wrote “My Papa’s Waltz”. Is a poem where the father is introduced as papa, and son is helping the father once more as they reenact the waltz through the house because he has been drinking too much. The son, and father have a close relationship because he doesn’t call him dad or “father” like most do. The young boy calls him “papa” in the poem as he helps him through the kitchen. Since papa is drunk again, the mom who is also there does not help him, and…