Fong, Bobby. "Roethke's `My Papa's Waltz'." College Literature 17.1 (1990): 78. Academic Search Premier. Web. 14 Jan. 2017. Fong explains ‘’My Papa’s Waltz” as a seesaw balancing the elements of joy and fear. He claims Roethke depicted the fathers “mixture of tenderness and brutality” and the child’s “admiration and fear”. He includes the claims of different critics and how a reader’s personal experience with alcohol could influence their opinions.
Janssen, Ronald R. "Roethke's MY PAPA's WALTZ." Explicator 44.2 (1986): 43. Academic Search Premier. Web. 13 Jan. 2017. Janssen believes the first stanza shows a grim scene of a helpless boy in the hands of a drunken father swaying; giving us a sense of the waltz. When the father is described
Janssen, Ronald R. "Roethke's MY PAPA's WALTZ." Explicator 44.2 (1986): 43. Academic Search Premier. Web. 13 Jan. 2017. Janssen believes the first stanza shows a grim scene of a helpless boy in the hands of a drunken father swaying; giving us a sense of the waltz. When the father is described