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MY PAPA'S WALTZ

Poetry ??My Papa??s Waltz??
Theodore Roethke, My Papa's Waltz, Response In My Papa's Waltz, Roethke discusses a very
heartbreaking and distressful situation. He talks about alcoholism in the family and how
it affects the members of the family. Growing up in a family full of alcoholism and
abuse, I can relate to the point of view that this poem is written in. Although it is
very sad, all of these things the poet describes are true of a family cursed with
alcoholism. The people in my household would drink all day long, starting with the
morning cup of coffee and ending whenever their bodies just passed out from drunkenness.
Arguing and making lots of noise are two qualities all too familiar to me. People who
drink will argue with anyone who tries to talk to them reasonably and will even get
violent and destructive at times. As for being a spouse of a drunk, I have never been
married but have experienced a scenario similar to that of being married. During high
school, I dated a girl that was quite older than I and he was of legal age to drink
already. Whenever she would go out to the clubs with her friends drinking she would
always come home to her apartment and if I was there and everything was not clean and
perfectly in order she would burst into fits of anger. She would yell, scream and throw
things at me and even sometimes he would physically abuse me. In the morning, after there
was time to sleep off the effects of the alcohol she would always apologize saying that
she was going to relaxed off and try to quit drinking, but as we know that never happens.
Finally in March of 1995, she went to get help and before we could find out if the long
ordeal of the past four years was over God decided it was time for her to go to a better
place where all of the problems would disappear. Because of the horrible ways alcohol has
affected me in the past 21 years it makes me not like drinking or going out to bars
because it usually leads to bad thingsPoetry ??My Papa??s Waltz??
Theodore Roethke, My Papa's Waltz, Response In My Papa's Waltz, Roethke discusses a very
heartbreaking and distressful situation. He talks about alcoholism in the family and how
it affects the members of the family. Growing up in a family full of alcoholism and
abuse, I can relate to the point of view that this poem is written in. Although it is
very sad, all of these things the poet describes are true of a family cursed with
alcoholism. The people in my household would drink all day long, starting with the
morning cup of coffee and ending whenever their bodies just passed out from drunkenness.
Arguing and making lots of noise are two qualities all too familiar to me. People who
drink will argue with anyone who tries to talk to them reasonably and will even get
violent and destructive at times. As for being a spouse of a drunk, I have never been
married but have experienced a scenario similar to that of being married. During high
school, I dated a girl that was quite older than I and he was of legal age to drink
already. Whenever she would go out to the clubs with her friends drinking she would
always come home to her apartment and if I was there and everything was not clean and
perfectly in order she would burst into fits of anger. She would yell, scream and throw
things at me and even sometimes he would physically abuse me. In the morning, after there
was time to sleep off the effects of the alcohol she would always apologize saying that
she was going to relaxed off and try to quit drinking, but as we know that never happens.
Finally in March of 1995, she went to get help and before we could find out if the long
ordeal of the past four years was over God decided it was time for her to go to a better
place where all of the problems would disappear. Because of the horrible ways alcohol has
affected me in the past 21 years it makes me not like drinking or going out to bars
because it usually leads to bad thingsPoetry ??My Papa??s Waltz??
Theodore Roethke, My Papa's Waltz, Response In My Papa's Waltz, Roethke discusses a very
heartbreaking and distressful situation. He talks about alcoholism in the family and how
it affects the members of the family. Growing up in a family full of alcoholism and
abuse, I can relate to the point of view that this poem is written in. Although it is
very sad, all of these things the poet describes are true of a family cursed with
alcoholism. The people in my household would drink all day long, starting with the
morning cup of coffee and ending whenever their bodies just passed out from drunkenness.
Arguing and making lots of noise are two qualities all too familiar to me. People who
drink will argue with anyone who tries to talk to them reasonably and will even get
violent and destructive at times. As for being a spouse of a drunk, I have never been
married but have experienced a scenario similar to that of being married. During high
school, I dated a girl that was quite older than I and he was of legal age to drink
already. Whenever she would go out to the clubs with her friends drinking she would
always come home to her apartment and if I was there and everything was not clean and
perfectly in order she would burst into fits of anger. She would yell, scream and throw
things at me and even sometimes he would physically abuse me. In the morning, after there
was time to sleep off the effects of the alcohol she would always apologize saying that
she was going to relaxed off and try to quit drinking, but as we know that never happens.
Finally in March of 1995, she went to get help and before we could find out if the long
ordeal of the past four years was over God decided it was time for her to go to a better
place where all of the problems would disappear. Because of the horrible ways alcohol has
affected me in the past 21 years it makes me not like drinking or going out to bars
because it usually leads to bad things
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