Posted by Amber Sughrue (64.30.110.147) on June 28, 2005 at 12:27:58 p.m.:
In Reply to: Re: "My Papa's Waltz" posted by Paula Scoggins on June 27, 2005 at 10:52:20 a.m.:
>My first impression was that of a drunk father trying to beat his son with the mother approving of his actions
I did get the impression that the father was beating the son. I'm not sure that the mother was approving of the actions, however she was nearby when the beatings took place. The poem says that the mothers "countenance could not unfrown itself." Which would make me believe that she was upset.