My Papa's Waltz Rhyme Scheme

When the reader first analyzes the poem, it naturally comes of as harsh or scary. The first thought that comes to mind is that the drunken father is abusing the child. Although after further analysis of the poem it seems as though that is not the case. The poem doesn’t sound as though it was the happiest memory of the child’s life, but it wasn’t a memory he feared either. In the poem “My Papa’s Waltz” written by Theodore Roethke, the speaker’s experience seems to be a positive one based on the rhythm and word choice.
The tone throughout the poem does not suggest hate or hostility, but instead has a rhyme scheme that has an even beat to it suggesting a positive tone. In the fourth stanza, line 13 and 15 then 14 and 16 rhyme. This offset rhyme