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

"Those Winter Sundays" and "My Papa's Waltz" are two fairly short poems that are similarly themed. Neither poem lends any sure knowledge as to what the gender of the children are, other than the assumption that since both authors' are male, then it must be a poem about their own childhoods. One thing is made clear through the voice's in each poem, neither father is perfect and both children have a bit of fear with regards to their fathers'.

In "My Papa's Waltz", the opening line informs us that the father has been drinking a lot. The mother's frowning countenance, and the battered knuckle also imply that not everything is well in this household. When the child's "right ear scraped a buckle," and the father's hand "beat time" on his head,