Is My Papas Waltz Really About

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life were his most popular. Rothke was regarded as not only a great poet but also known as a great teacher. Theodore Rothke gives so many examples to show his reader this was a positive memory in his life. One was Rothke show that this is a good time in his life is "Then waltzed me off the bed still clinging to your shirt"(Rothke 357). Another example in Rothke’s poem that shows how this is loving time in his life is " But I hung on like death such waltzing was not easy"(Rothke 357). Other people see these as fighting words, however, I see a little boy standing on his dad’s shoes dancing around with the music playing. All these examples proved that he was remembering a fun night he had when he was a seven-year-old boy.
All references that might be taken negatively can be explained in a more positive light. One verse that may be interpreted as a negative experience would be "Every step you missed my eight ear scrapped a buckle"(Rothke 357). People interpret this ...

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