1. Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem

ABABCDCDEFEF

2. Identify 7 example of diction and state each word's connotation.

3. Identify 3 sound devices in the poem

You beat time on my head

Slid from the kitchen shelf;
Then waltzed me off to bed

4. Identify 3 images in the poem

Was battered on one knuckle;
With a palm caked hard by dirt,
My right ear scraped a buckle

5. After examining your evidence, state the speaker's attitude toward his father. Justify your answer

The speaker loves his dad, and doesn't want to go to bed or leave him, he wants to dance with him forever