“My papa’s waltz” by Theodore Roethke
In the essay should include
1) Describing the topic
2) Underline the thesis statement
3) What patters are you seeing or discovering?
4) What seems to be the most interesting, most important, aspects of the poem?
5) What themes, images, formal structures can you identify?
6) Give the best explanation of the poem
http://www.shmoop.com/my-papas-waltz/analysis.html
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172103
