1. My Papa's Waltz by Theodore Roethke
... is a poem that can be viewed with two completely opposite views, one as positive and the other as negative. The basic theme of the poem is the waltz with the drunken father. From reading the poem for the first time it seems that the waltz with the father was a very unpleasant event. The words that the writer used reinforced my thoughts, "death", "romped", and "dirt"; all these were not ... pleasant imagery. Therefore I viewed the poem negatively and thought that the boy would think the waltz with his father as ... a very uncomfortable but unforgettable memory. But reading the poem agai...
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