"Those Winter Sundays" and "My Papa's Waltz"
What is love? Don't hurt me.
Even after pain and suffering, a love between a father and son will usually survive. The poems "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden and "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roehtke are illustrations of two children who still love their fathers despite their actions tow....
Analysis of My Papas Waltz
Analysis of My Papas Waltz
Roethkes My Papas Waltz is about a man reliving a disgruntled memory from his boyhood. His father was in a drunken state and carelessly harmed the boy while waltzing in the kitchen. Roethkes imagery, diction and meter and rhyme represent an irresponsible int....
countenance of pain
Diana Kazempoor
Mr. Dalin
English 3(H)
1 October 2005
Countenance of Pain
The means in which parents raise their children has a tremendous affect on them. The measures that a father goes to in the poem, My Papas Waltz, by Theodore Roehke, is nearly unbearable for a child to face.....
Fathers: My Papas Waltz by Theodore Roethke and Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden
The poems My Papas Waltz by Theodore Roethke and Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden, show differing views of two fathers. My Papas Waltz shows a father who is rambunctious and who spends time playing with his child. In contrast, Those Winter Sundays shows a father who is mor....
Importance of Style in Theodore Roethkes Poem, My Papas Waltz
Importance of Style in Theodore Roethkes Poem, My Papas Waltz
The poem My Papas Waltz is full of ironic and sarcastic gestures, for the title of the poem seems to suggest a son that is enjoying himself by Waltzing with his father: but later on the poem you could easily see that w....
My Papas waltz and those winter sundays
My Papas Waltz and Those Winter Sundays
Theodore Roethkes My Papas Waltz and Robert Haydens Those Winter Sundays are poems that express a relationship between a father and son. The author in both works are looking back on their childhoods, mainly their relationships with their fat....
My Papas Waltz, by Theodore Roethke
After reading My Papas Waltz, by Theodore Roethke, I have come to the conclusion that the adult narrator is writing about his fond memories of his father whom he calls Papa in his earlier years. The narrator is comparing his time with his father to the waltz, which is a highly po....
My Papas Waltz: Theodore Roethkes personal story
Waltzes are not technically difficult dance, and they are set to lighthearted, easily accessible music. It is a dance filled with swift gliding turns and a smooth gliding beat. A dance is said to bring two people closer together, as it did in Theodore Roethkes My Papas Waltz. Roethkes p....
Parent-child Relationships
Parent-Child Relationships
There are certain aspects that make up a good parent-child relationship, as well as, aspects that make up a poor relationship. In a good relationship there are aspects, such as a parent teaching a child and the child learning on their own. In a poor relationship there ....
Roethke's Use of Tone
Childhood experiences seem to be the ones that are recollected most vividly throughout a person's life. Almost everyone can remember some aspect of his or her childhood experiences, pleasant and unpleasant alike. Theodore Roethke's poem "My Papa's Waltz" suggests even further that this concept ....
Theodore's Undying Love
Theodore Roethke, a famous literature creator of many astonish works, is widely known and recognized as one of the best writers who exceeds at creating many vivid illustrations such as in his infamous My Papas Waltz. In My Papas Waltz, Roethke recalls a precious, yet nostalgic memory, re....
Unconditional Love - My Papas Waltz and Those Winter Sundays
Unconditional Love
Even after pain and agony, the love between ones father and his son will never disappear. In the poem My Papas Waltz by Theodore Roethke the speaker expresses the pain he feels as his father spins him around the room, but nevertheless he is Still clinging to your shi....