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My Papa's Waltz Literary Devices

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I examined "My Papa's Waltz" and the impression I get from the poem is that through the symbolism, dialect, and the imagery in this work it's a story of the affection between a child and his dad. I feel this is the theme through a few unique lines of the poem. The figurative language is offered in lines like line 3, “but I hung on like death ", the kid clung to his shirt not on account of trepidation but rather he would not like to fall off while dancing with his dad. Furthermore line 15 says "still clinging to his shirt" which suggests to me that the kid wouldn't like to go to bed since he appreciated the time with his dad. All these poetic words leave me with the feeling this is an awesome relationship that the father has with his son even
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