Analysis Of My Papas Waltz By Theodore Roethke

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My Papas waltz by “Theodore Roethke can be read in a lot of ways. My interpretation on the poem is a parent abusing his child due to alcoholism. This poem relates to the author’s relationship with his father as a child. The author Theodore Roethke had a fight with father when he was younger, he uses this memory to create this poem. Theodore loved his father, but his father terrified him at the same time. Roethke grew up in Saginaw, Michigan. This was where his influence from his work came from. Roethke looked up to his father while growing up. In the poem, “My papa’s waltz”, and the narrator talks about a tragic and painful event. He talks about heavy drinking and how it upsets members of his family. In poem Roethke uses a lot of images and

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