My Papa’s Waltz

To me it seemed as the the poem was about an abusive father and his son. From the sounds of it the father is a frequent drinker and becomes violent to those around him. When the poem described the young boy being put to bed it sounded like the father used lots of force and did not care about the child's well being. However after doing a little bit of research online reguarding this poem it seems like there are a fair amount of people who view it in an opposite manner and do not view the father as abusive. In the end though the way I saw it was sort of sad and made me feel bad for the young boy.