In the poem, "My Papa's Waltz" The boy has an ironic attitude toward his father which gives the poem an ironic tone. The speaker of the poem is a grown man looking back on his childhood as a boy with his father. The poem has an ironic tone because the speaker writes this poem that in one way seems like the boy and his father are romping around and dancing together, but when you read this poem closely, you can see how the language and the way some sentences are written are telling a different story, a story of a father who was rough or even violent with his boy when he was drunk.
In "My Papas Waltz", the speaker says, "But I hung on like death, such waltzing was not easy." I can not see a reason a boy should have to hold on like death for such activities as a waltz, Waltzing is usually fun and easy and there wouldn't be a reason to hang on like death. These statements are very ironic. Even the words in this poem are dark and ironic. For example, the words death and not easy. Theres nothing in this poem that gives an impression that the boy is happy or having a good time.
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