A Defining Moment in My Father's WaltzAn older boy remembers his father, a hard-working blue-collar worker. He remembered his father coming home every evening with scratched hands and sweat-stained shirts. His father was a hard man. He was the kind of man who refused to go to the doctor and rarely hugged his children. Yet he was a good man. The boy remembered how his father provided for the family, and often his smallest actions proved his fatherly love for them. One particular memory stood out among the others. His father had come home from work late in the evening. He was out celebrating his pay rise with some of his colleagues at the local pub. He waltzed through the door excitedly and proudly picked his son up and swung him. The boy and his father playfully clashed and fought in the living room. Likewise, poetry reveals unforgettable moments like the one between father and son. "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke captures an experience of positive bonding between a father and son through vivid imagery and the use of ...