SpletMy Papa’s Waltz by Theodore Roethke Poetry Foundation Back to Previous My Papa’s Waltz By Theodore Roethke The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy; But I hung on like death: Such waltzing was not easy. We romped until the pans Slid from the kitchen shelf; My mother’s countenance Could not unfrown itself.

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SpletAlthough “My Father’s Song,” by Simon J. Ortiz, and “My Papa’s Waltz,” by Theodore Roethke both concern the relationship between a father and his son, they differ on tone, imagery, … SpletTheirs is a strange relationship, for we have at work antithetical temperaments. Smith, the classicist, tells me in our conversation: “Dryden and Pope are my heroes, not Blake; and so I think Ted felt as though I didn’t appreciate his poetry as I ought to—and I probably didn’t.” Roethke insists: “We think by feeling. hyperion curr

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SpletThis poem gives us a glimpse of the poet’s childhood, his relationship with his father, a close relationship, based on love. In childhood, the poet loved to be in the company of his father, in the greenhouse owned by his father and uncle, which gives us an idea of their being close. The poem is somewhat autobiographical, for in the poem, the ... SpletMy Papa’s Waltz is a poem written by Theodore Roethke, published in his collection of poems in 1942. It captures the complex relationship the speaker has with his father. The speaker describes his relationship with his father as difficult and frightening using symbolism, tone, and word choice. SpletThe two poems "Starlight" by Philip Levine and "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke are boy memory poems about a son's definitive moment with his father.The questions for … hyperion cvm