Comparison of My Papa's Waltz and Those Winter Sundays
"My Papa's Waltz" and "Those Winter Sundays" "My Papa's Waltz," by Theodore Roethke, and "Those Winter Sundays," by Robert Hayden, are two somewhat similar poems about respected fathers. To most people a father is not just the man who fertilizes their mother's egg, but a man that spends time with and takes care of them. While doing this, he gains their love and respect. In these two poems Roethke and Hayden take an admiring look back at the actions of their fathers, although; they both imply that their parents were not perfect. In "My Papa's Waltz," Theodore Roethke describes an episode in his childhood. In this, what seems to be regular, occurrence his drunken father comes home for the night reeking of alcohol and begins dancing with him. Roethke describes his father's hands as being battered on one knuckle and extremely soiled. They "romped until the pans slid from the kitchen shelf" (5-6). This made his mother so upset that she could do nothing but frown. Finally, his father "waltzed" him on to bed. In "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden, the poet also relinquishes on a regular occurrence in his childhood. On Sunday mornings, just as any other morning, his father rises early and puts on his clo
chronic angers of that house" (9). These angers are not specifically drawn out of her husband coming home drunk every night. This may be a chronic cold darkness. He then goes out in the cold and splits fire wood with which experiences to help them in their adult life. been the complete cause. She could have been frowning because she is tired "My Papa's Waltz" and "Those Winter Sundays" are two poems that Waltz" is clearly stated. He has a drinking problem. In relation to this the but they could be of many things like the absence of a mother or the father by stating that his hand is "caked hard with dirt" (14). This is
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