In “Abuelito Who” a informal poem, the speaker is trying to express how much she loves her grandfather by saying phrases such as “you are my diamond in Spanish and you are my sky in English.” The Grandpa is giving her stuff but
he’s gotten very that he can't come downstairs and he wants to know who loves him because he thinks no one loves him. He locked himself upstairs sleeps all day and night and is too sad to come downstairs. The speaker loved her Grandfather so much and she's very sad that he's sick and near death. The end of the poem appears very choppy like a child trying to talk and cry. She hopes her grandfather can live longer because she loves him so much.
In “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” a russian folktale, the people in the house are not very nice to the grandfather. They make him sit in the corner in the kitchen, he has to eat out of a wooden bowl because he accidentally broke the clay one, and their always mean to the old Grandfather. Then one day the Little Grandson (Misha) was playing with wood and the parents asked, “what are you doing.” Misha said he was making wooden bowls for his parents for when they get old. The parents got teary eyed and allowed the Old Grandfather sit with them at the table. They let him also eat out of a clay bowl and they lived happily ever after. In conclusion, even though the treatment was different in both poems they both have the same universal theme, about loving, respecting, and spending time with family, especially grandparents is the same. Sometimes you need to just think about your grandparents and think about how much they care for you, especially how much you should care for them. Love them respect them and cherish as much time as you can with them. In both pieces, the only thing that lasts forever is love and respect for elders.