Posted by Paul Kennedy (68.123.106.49) on June 27, 2005 at 9:37:13 p.m.:
In Reply to: Re: "My Papa's Waltz" posted by Paul Kennedy on June 27, 2005 at 8:38:13 p.m.:
After hearing and seeing the different elements in the poem I realize this poem is not at all happy childhood memory but a very unpleasant memory. One where the child is actually hanging on for his life.