Posted by Amber Sughrue (64.30.110.147) on June 27, 2005 at 11:08:38 a.m.:
In Reply to: "My Papa's Waltz" posted by Jeanne Guerin on June 27, 2005 at 8:11:04 a.m.:
> As a reply to this message, post your first impressions of "My Papa's Waltz."
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My impression of this poem is that it is of a young boy being beaten by his drunken father. However, the speaker compares the beating to a waltz being danced by the father and son. I thought it was kind of an odd way of expressing this serious subject matter. However, it was very interesting.