My Papa's Waltz by https://padlet.com/Halliejer/pd5lou71f6ur18oy en-us 2025-02-13 21:28:33 UTC 2025-02-15 16:56:33 UTC hello@padlet.com Theme: Halliejer https://padlet.com/Halliejer/pd5lou71f6ur18oy/wish/3328024617 In the poem "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke, the theme is family conflict. The father and son have a tainted relationship that is surrounded by violence. The similes used in the poem give the poem a strong image for the reader about the conflict between them. "But I hung on like death Such waltzing was not easy (Roethke 1133)".

]]> 2025-02-13 21:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/Halliejer/pd5lou71f6ur18oy/wish/3328024617 Quotes: Halliejer https://padlet.com/Halliejer/pd5lou71f6ur18oy/wish/3328025353 "The hand that held my wrist/ Was battered on one knuckle; At every step you missed/ My right ear scraped a buckle"


"Then waltzed me off to bed/ Still clinging to your shirt"

]]> 2025-02-13 21:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/Halliejer/pd5lou71f6ur18oy/wish/3328025353 Question for the class: Halliejer https://padlet.com/Halliejer/pd5lou71f6ur18oy/wish/3328025898 How do you think Roethke's use of literary devices accentuates the deeper meanings in the poem?

]]> 2025-02-13 21:32:45 UTC https://padlet.com/Halliejer/pd5lou71f6ur18oy/wish/3328025898