In the poem “My Papa's Waltz” written by Theodore Roethke, a father carelessly trying to involve his child in his obsessive alcoholic activities. The father tries to conceal his drunkenness with a dance, with the intentions of connection with his child. A father an aggressive appearance, seems to take the edge off of a long day’s work with a few drinks. The poem is narrated by the child, so the author is trying to create a sympathetic mood for this poem; he wants the reader to feel the desperation that the mother and child of the careless drunk go through.
In the poem you can feel the distraught and confusion coming from the child. The imagery that Roethke uses in the poem allows us to see that the waltz performed by the man is not supposed