The Last Waltz

Mortality is at the forefront of the poems ‘To and Athlete Dying Young,’ ‘Design,’ ‘My Papa’s Waltz,’ and the short story ‘The Lottery.’ However, each of these works of art differ on the connotation of death but all convey their own unique views in the same narrative way. All of the poems have the same point of view in which their stories are told in but the short story, ‘The Lottery,’ stands alone as a story that is not told in the first person. The title of each work holds no deeper meaning than

The poem, “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke has spurred passionate academic debate from professors, scholars, and students. On one hand, some individuals interpret this poem as a fond relationship between a father and a son. On the other hand, some imagine a hidden message of parental abuse. The imagery, syntax, and diction of the poem clearly support the interpretation that Roethke writes, “My Papa’s Waltz,” to reflect upon his own childhood experience and to reminisce upon a fond relationship

“My Papa's Waltz” and “Those Winter Sundays” are poem from the author’s perspective as a child the poem base itself on the children parent or the memory of the author. the poem of “my papa’s Waltz” was made by Theodore Roethke born 1908, died 1963, son to a German immigrant who died when Theodore was fourteen from cancer, and due to he’s bear like image he wouldn’t look as the stereotypical slender, high-minded poets that you would find during the 1940s or 1960s(Poetry Foundation). The other poem

Said Abdikarim Political Science 4315 Professor Gelpi Deterrence/Organizational Theory Nuclear Proliferation The subject of nuclear development has been very sensitive in world politics among nations that have vested interest. As some countries steered towards the development of such sophisticated weapons, they were met with heavy criticism, from those who already possess them. Those countries that already developed nuclear weapons worked towards minimizing and safety securing such weapons

food and a better life. An additional valuable skill that parents teach their children is discipline. Teaching children discipline is to teach them respect. Examples of how discipline is thought is seen in both Those Winter Sundays and My Papa’s Waltz. First off, in Those Winter Sundays, the second stanza states “I’d wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking. / When the rooms were warm, he’d call, / and slowly I would rise and dress,” Represents the father teaching his children to be obedience

At first glance, “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke is very intriguing as the poem is very ambiguous at first. Many people that read the poem at first believe it to be about child abuse, which is very easy for readers of the 21st generation to confuse as we see everything with a dark meaning behind it. The poem is about a boy who dances with his father, hence the name of the poem “My Papa’s Waltz”. Once the poem has been reread several times, we can take a closer look at what Roethke is really

The death motif is also displayed to portray the ending of the father’s life, and their love in the complex relationship between a father and son. In the poem, “My Papa’s Waltz,” it begins with telling that the father is drunk by describing, “/the whiskey on your breath/ can make a small boy dizzy/” (lines 1-2). This signifies the child’s viewing of his father decaying by the abuse of alcohol taking over him, which the intensity of smell is strong enough to make the child disoriented. It is also

(Whitbourne 218). Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz," told from the point of view of the son, uses a metaphorical illusion of dancing with his father to mask the brutal reality of his true upbringing. A traditional Waltz is a graceful, rhythmic, dance between two people, who glide around a room in perpetual

and “My Papas Waltz,” the speakers reminisce about their fathers. Although the speakers’ father in each poem is a man who loves and works hard for his son, each father displays his love for his son through different acts. In “Those Winter Sundays,” by Robert Hayden, the speakers father indirectly expresses his undying love to his son through rigorous work around the house. The father is always striving to improve the house and make sure his son is comfortable, while in “My Papa’s Waltz,” by Theodore

People say there are many types of drunk stereotypes in the world: the fun drunk, the romantic drunk, the destructive drunk, the list goes on and on. “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke is about a drunk father who came home from work and is waltzing with his son. The ABAB rhyme scheme makes the poem sound like a waltz like the title suggests, but the diction makes the poem heavy. The ambiguity in this poem, based on the diction, leads to two different images, both include a drunk father but one