"My Papa's Waltz"

I like this short poem. I thought it was about a young boy and has father who were just spending time together. I thought that the young boy in this story was Theodore Roethke, i thought that he was recalling some of his childhood. I thought that this seemed to be a "happy" poem. Since it starts of being kindof comical. there was a time when i thought that his father was being abusive but after reading it a second time i knew that this was a joyful memory that a boy had with his father.