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Daniel Beutler
Dr. Griffin
Tech Prep 12
18 November 2014
"My Papa's Waltz"
by Theodore Roethke
The whiskey on your breath

Commented [a1]: This word makes me think about a drunk

aloof man

Could make a small boy dizzy;

Commented [a2]: This word makes me think of the smell of

alcohol

But I hung on like death:

Commented [D3]: This word makes me think of sadness,

eternity and the concept of life

Such waltzing was not easy.

Commented [D4]: This word makes me think of dancing,

closeness, and repetition

We romped until the pans

Commented [D5]: This word makes me think of loud noises,

silliness, youth and also blind destruction.

Slid from the kitchen shelf;

Commented [D6]: This word makes think of motion, energy,

and a loud bang.

My mother's countenance

Commented [D7]: This word makes me think of a face,

scowling, general annoyance.

Could not unfrown itself.

Commented [D8]: This word makes me think of sadness,

annoyance, pain but not anger.

The hand that held my wrist

Commented [D9]: This word makes me feel a hand wrapped

tightly around my wrist. It makes me think of helpness

Was battered on one knuckle;

Commented [D10]: This word makes me feel, angry, pain, raw

emotion, it makes me see red.

At every step you missed

Commented [D11]: This word makes me think that the author

didnt miss steps, it made me realize how drunk the father is.

My right ear scraped a buckle.

Commented [D12]: This word made me feel a scrape, it made

me see the redness of the narrators ears.

You beat time on my head

Commented [D13]: This word made me feel repetition, beats

of a drum.

With a palm caked hard by dirt,

Commented [D14]: This word made me think of the dirt, the

worn hands of his father.

Then waltzed me off to bed

Commented [D15]: This word reminded me of the age of the

narrator, it made me think of sleep, of restlessness and of peace.

Still clinging to your shirt.

Commented [D16]: This word makes me think of weakness ,

helplessness but also trust

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