Literary Devices
Poet
Understanding
My Papa'z Waltz
Others
100
meter
What is trimetrical iambic pentameter?
100
Saginaw, Michigan
What is the birthplace of Theodore Roethke?
100
The poem describes the relationship between the speaker and
What is his father?
100
The poem "My Papa's Waltz" describes the relationship betwen the speaker and ...
What is his father?
100
The boy
What is the voice heard in this poem; who is the the speaker?
200
"Bent double, like old beggars under sacks."
What is simile?
200
The Great Depression
What is the significant time period in which he lived?
200
"I hung on like death:Such waltzing was not easy."
What is the father waltzing with his son?
200
The author spent much of his time here.
What is the greenhouse?
200
A stanza consisting of four lines.
What is a quantrain?
300
abab cdcd efef ghgh
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
300
teaching
What is the job that he did for a living?
300
Dirt
What is caked on his palm?
300
One could interpret the poem in these two ways.
What is child abuse or horseplay?
300
A classic five beat pattern of rhythm.
What is an iambic pentameter?
400
Waltz
What is the metaphor used to represent the relationship between the father and the son?
400
Harvard University
What is the name of the university that he dropped out of?
400
Show that he worked hard.
What is the battered knuckle?
400
"battered; scraped; buckle" are examples of...
What is diction?
400
Sets the scene of the poem before the first line is read.
What is the title?
500
A rhyming sheme that does not rhyme exactly; dizzy and easy.
What is a slant rhyme?
500
1923
What is the date of his father's death?
500
A frown
What is on the mother's face that showed she disapproved?
500
The quick pace of the meter (1-2-3) is fitting for the poem because the beat resembles that of a ...
What is a waltz?
500
Dancing and Violence.
What is symbolism?
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