The author interprets his experiences through imagery. For instance, in the poem “My Papa’s Waltz” in stanza 2 line 3 and 4 it says “We romped until the pans, Slid from the kitchen shelf,” and that describes a lot because romped means to play rough but why are they playing so rough that can make pans slide off the kitchen shelf? For instance the father was intoxicated and he hit the author and he made the pans slide off the kitchen shelf. Also in the poem “My Papa’s Waltz” in stanza 3 line 9 and 10 it says, “The hand that held my wrist, Was battered on one knuckle,” that is describing the father grabbing the author wrist and hitting him with his other hand as it says in stanza 3. It also says in the poem in stanza 4 line 13 it says ,”You
