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    The poem describes a young boy being waltzed around drunkenly by his father late at night in the kitchen until dishes fell from the shelf, causing the boy's mother distress. Though the dancing was clumsy, with the boy's ear getting scratched by a buckle and his father beating time on his head with a dirty palm, the boy clung tightly to his father's shirt throughout the entire waltz.

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    The poem describes a young boy being waltzed around drunkenly by his father late at night in the kitchen until dishes fell from the shelf, causing the boy's mother distress. Though the dancing was clumsy, with the boy's ear getting scratched by a buckle and his father beating time on his head with a dirty palm, the boy clung tightly to his father's shirt throughout the entire waltz.

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    Quintanilla1

    Christopher Quintanilla
    Dr. Griffin
    English 12
    19 November 2014
    "My Papa's Waltz"
    by Theodore Roethke
    The whiskey on your breath

    Commented [CQ1]: A bar

    Could make a small boy dizzy;

    Commented [CQ2]: Small birds flying around


    someones head

    But I hung on like death:

    Commented [CQ3]: A monkey

    Such waltzing was not easy.

    Commented [CQ4]: Old fashion dance

    We romped until the pans

    Commented [CQ5]: A mess

    Slid from the kitchen shelf;

    Commented [CQ6]: A beautiful kitchen nice and


    organized

    My mother's countenance

    Commented [CQ7]: A caring women

    Could not unfrown itself.

    Commented [CQ8]: Being happy

    The hand that held my wrist

    Commented [CQ9]: Grabbing someone

    Was battered on one knuckle;

    Commented [CQ10]: Cookies

    At every step you missed

    Commented [CQ11]: Stairs

    My right ear scraped a buckle.

    Commented [CQ12]: A scratch

    You beat time on my head

    Commented [CQ13]: Someone hitting some

    With a palm caked hard by dirt,

    Commented [CQ14]: Mud, dirt

    Quintanilla2

    Then waltzed me off to bed

    Commented [CQ15]: Old fashion dance

    Still clinging to your shirt.

    Commented [CQ16]: Not letting go

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