Category: My Papa’s Waltz

My Papas Waltz is a domestic ballad illustrating a jovial waltz around the kitchen  a snapshot- fueled by nostalgia, reflection, and love, allowing the reader to contemplate their childhood and family. Roethkes expert use of rhythm, rhyme and language enraptures the reader, creating an emotive piece which universally resonates with the audience. Conversely, when…

A father should be a role model for his son. Perhaps going to the kitchen with his son to turn the radio to an oldy and waltz together. They have fun as the child romps and tries to figure out what his fathers doing and follow his footsteps. Oftentimes, this perfect world isnt reality. Sometimes…

Margaret J. Wheatley, once said, Everyone in a complex system has a slightly different interpretation. The more interpretations we gather, the easier it becomes to gain a sense of the whole. Reading this makes me think of all the different things we can find different in each others lives. In the poem My Papas Waltz,…

The bond between a parent and a child is not only one of the strongest, but, it also has the ability to be the most complicated. This intricate bond is exhibited in both Medusa, written by Sylvia Plath, as well as Theodore Roethkes poem, My Papas Waltz. These two poems are written in first person…

My Papas Waltz by Theodore Roethke was published in 1942. The poem has a simple rhyme scheme. At first read, it is easy to assume that this little boy is commenting on dancing around with his dad after his father has been drinking. However, depending on the reader, this poem can be seen as a…

Poems give the opportunity to writers to show a message in a short format. Unlike short stories and plays, writers have the capability to design a stanza structure in any way they feel that will have an effect on them and/or the readers. Poems have a connection with song writing, they are nearly always rhythmical,…