My Papa's Waltz Research Paper

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Why is the Son Enjoying the Father’s Company? In My Papa’s Waltz, many readers feel like the father is abusing the child, but why? This text is considered abusive because of the word play that the writer uses. People dealing with a situation with a drunken father might convey a dark meaning to this poem, but I feel that the father is enjoying the child and playing with him because in my past, my father would drink and swing me around with my brother. In the text it says, “My mother’s countenance…Could not unfrown itself.” My mother would stand aside and hope that we would not let go. She would appear as if she was mad at my dad, but she was constantly worried about our safety and well-being. The wording in the poem can cause a multitude

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