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In the poem My Papa's Waltz,  the author uses aggresive imagery to show how his father physically beating him. He says "clinging to your shirt" to show he is in pain from his father beating him while they dance

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In the poem “My Papa’s Waltz”, Roethke’s use of symbolism and simile to emphasize how the father is a powerful figure and show the little boys struggle with his alcoholic father through the waltz, help create a tone of fear.

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In the poem Theodore Roethke uses syntax to create tension on what's going to happen next which helps explain and show the character’s unsettled emotion while dancing with his dad

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In the poem My Papa's Waltz, Roethke uses dark imagery as well as a depressing simile to create a tone of fear, and a depressed remembrance.

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In the poem My Papa’s Waltz, Theodore Roethke uses diction such as “romper” to achieve a warm joyful tone. He  also uses rhyming to make the poem a happy  memory.

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In Theodore Roethke’s, “My Papa’s Waltz” he uses Rhyming to produce sounds appealing to the reader’s senses and to unify and establish the poem's stanzaic form.

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In the poem My Papa's Waltz by Theodore Roethke, the author uses diction by displaying words like “death” and “beat” which creates a negative memory and he also uses Imagery which helps the reader or audience envision what his character is going through with his father.

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In the poem My Papa's Waltz,
Roethke uses aggressive diction to achieve the negative memories of the boy waltzing with his father.

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Roethke uses imagery as well as diction to give the effect of that he was holding on for dear life trying not to fall as well as how him and everyone else is felling during this event.

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In Theodore Roethke's poem, My Papa's Waltze, the author uses strong word choice to create a vivid image to convey a powerful and  depressing tone.

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In the poem My Papa’s Waltz, Roethke achieves an effect of desperation by using similes and metaphors to show the character “hanging on like death” as well as “beating time” on his head with a palm caked with dirt.

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Roethke uses imaginary and figurative language to achieve a negative effect in his poem My Papa’s Waltz.

Roethke use imaginary in the following sentence “The Whiskey on your breath could make a small boy dizzy.” To show a negative memory. This shows a negative memory because it shows that the father is drunk.  He also uses figurative language which in this case is simile in the following sentence, “With a palm caked hard by dirt.” This shows a negative impact because he is comparing how cake is nice and sweet and how his father's palms are dirty.

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Theodore Roethke uses vivid imagery in "My Papa's Waltz" to describe how his father is drunk, dirty, and beat up and similes comparing the grip he had on his father as something permanent, like death, to show that he wanted this moment with his father to last, even though he knew it could not last.

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In the poem of, My Papa’s Waltz. Theodore Roethke uses word choice to create a jolly tone while the father and son interact throughout the poem. Also, the author uses imagery and a simile to describe the father and son’s dance interactions throughout the poem to convey a jolly tone.

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In his controversially interpreted poem “My Papa’s Waltz”, Roethke uses kinetic diction and tactile imagery to craft an energetic and sweeping scene.

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In the poem “My Papa’s Waltz”, Roethke’s use of symbolism and simile to emphasize how the father is a powerful figure and show the little boys struggle with his alcoholic father through the waltz, help create a tone of fear.

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In the poem “My papa's waltz” by Theodore Roethke, he uses rhyming, diction and imagery by using strong or deep words that help visualize the setting which was in the kitchen and what was going on in each part.

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In the poem My Papa’s Waltz, Theodore Roethke uses similes and imagery to create the particular effect of a horrible memory due to the negative imagery the author makes to show that the boy is talking about how his father beats him during their waltz in the kitchen.

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In the poem, “My Papa’s Waltz”, Theodore Roethke uses imagery to depict a more aggressive scene than what is directly implied by subtly referencing to things in the scenery that are more than often associated with negative things.

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In the poem, “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke, the author uses rhyme schemes that contain causes and effects as well as gloomy diction in order to create a poem that makes a reader feel very downhearted due to the boy’s disconsolate memories.

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In the poem, “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke he uses imagery of the characters surroundings and similes to compare his actions with those of the character’s father in order to convey the boy’s description of his father’s “waltz”.

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In "My Papa's Waltz," Roethke uses lighthearted diction and rhyme schemes, as well as reminiscent imagery, to convey a positive tone as he reflects on his childhood memories of dancing with his father.

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In Theodore Roethke's poem, My Papa's Waltz he uses conflicting diction, a steady rhythm and rhyme scheme  and realistic imagery to create a happy  flow of feelings and depicts the narrator's remembrance of the events.

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In "Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke he depicts a negative memory by using a imagery and and rhyming. By rhyming breath and death , and creating an image of hanging on like death.

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In My Papa’s Waltz, Theodore Roethke uses rhyming and semicolons to make the poem have a sad tone since the words used to rhyme have “death” or some violence to it making it a negative memory.