1. Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH
This pattern is upbeat and continues a regular pattern.
2.
dizzy - confused
death - suffering
battered - pain
scraped - pain
beat - rhythum
clinging - stuck
romped - careless, fun
3.
assonance - hand that...battered
assonance - slid...kitchen
conssonace - whiskey...dizzy...easy
4.
whiskey on your breath - olfactory
hung on like death - tactle
palm caked hard by dirt - visual
right ear scraped a buckle - tactle
5. The speaker, although in some discomfort, has admiration and respect for his father. He is having a good time dancing with his father even though he is a drunk. This is represented in the words such as waltzing, romped, and beat. The positive attitude can also be suggested by the upbeat rhyme scheme.