My papa's Waltz

Reaction paper- “My Papa’s Waltz”
By: Theodore Roethke

The poem being told can be told in two perspectives. One, it could be told as a child getting abused by his father, or two, it could be told as if the father in the poem has had too many drinks and is dancing around the kitchen with his son. I took this in the perspective of a child abuse. The poem is about a father who I think has had a stressful day and went to have a couple drinks. When he came home he took his anger, and frustrations upon his son. Has he beat him with his belt, pushed him into a shelf ...