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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Response to My Papa's Waltz

My Papas waltz is a poem made in the 1940s about a son and his father "waltzing".  I myself, really liked this poem.  It's one of those poems I feel like is just fun to read.  It all fits nicely together and is very smooth.  Underneath all of that, the poem is more complex with many different layers.  At first you don't really think much of it, you just see it as a kid and his father dancing.  Then you see it as maybe the father is abusing the son.  Then after you've noticed that you start debating with yourself whether or not he's abusing his son and you try to look for little things in the text to lead one way or the other.

All in all, I thought this was a great piece of literature

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