Similarities Between My Papa's Waltz And Those Winter Sundays

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A recurring theme in poetry is father-son relationships; however there are three well written poems that really stand out. The first is a poem written by Robert Hayden called “My Papa’s Waltz”. The second poem was written by Theodore Roethke named “Those Winter Sundays”. Finally the last poem is “Sign for My Father, Who Stressed the Bunt”. There are many differences between the father and son in each poem, some easier to catch than others. The first poem “My Papa’s Waltz” by Robert Hayden, has a very happy tone the first reading. However upon a second reading a sense of harshness and sorrow seem to some into play. In the first reading the thought “wow this is really cute he is dancing with his son, maybe he's a little tipsy and is having fun with his kid …show more content…

This poem is a sort of switch from “My Papa's Waltz”, it is about a boy and his son and how much the father does for his son with no appreciation. the first sign that the father does many things for his son is in the first part of the first stanza “Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold”, the word “too” in there means to say that he does this every other day of the week as well. Another quote that shows this father's dedication and love for his son is the second part of the first stanza “then with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather make fires blaze”. the father works hard during the week day to make money for his family and by the weekend he hasn't let up in trying to please them, he light a fire in the morning to make sure they wake up warm, he sacrifices his own comfort for theirs. the last quote is sad on how much his family doesn't appreciate him, “No one ever thanked him”. how could one be so blind to see this love that he is pouring from his soul through his actions, it is