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Compare And Contrast My Papa's Waltz And Those Winter Sundays

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(Hook) (Bridge). In Robert Hayden’s poem, Those Winter Sundays, and Theodore Roethke's poem, My Papa’s Waltz the theme of family is treated similarly. In Hayden’s poem, Those Winter Sundays he believes it is good to take time out of your day to recognize your child. In his poem, he states, “ Speaking indifferently to him, who had driven out of the cold and polished my good shoes as well.” This shows that he had driven out of the cold to polish his shoes for church, which If you have read the whole poem, the father is typically very busy. In the poem, the father is normally busy doing labor even on Sundays, which is normally a day of rest and sleeping in later. In Roethke’s poem, My Papa’s Waltz he believes it is great to take time
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