Monday, 21 November 2011

My Papa’s Waltz


My Papa’s Waltz
              This poem shows us how the father dances with his son. He dances with his son violently; "such waltzing was not easy"(Line 4). The father likes to dance with his son, but he dances with him when he drank because the son mentions that he could smell "The whiskey on your breath"(Line 1). The mother in this poem wants her husband to dance with their son, but she didn't want that when her husband drank. "My mother's countenace/Could not unfrown itself" (Line7-8). The boy caught his father's shirt strongly. He was afraid of falling, “Still clinging to your shirt” (Line15). The father dances with his son everywhere in the house even through the kitchen. They were dancing in danger: "We romped until the pans/Slid from the kitchen shelf"(Line 5-6). Finally, the father throws his son on the bed."Then waltzed me off to bed"(Line 14). The boy in the poem shows us how he enjoys dancing with his father, but he is sad because his father drank. Every father in this world should have a responsibility to his children. One of the father's responsibilities is to play with his children, but not play with them when he drinks.

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