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    "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

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    The poems Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden and My Papa’s Waltz by Theodore Roethke are two very similar works of literature. Both poems deal with the narrator looking back on the lives of their fathers and recalling certain events from the past. Those Winter Sundays deals with the narrator looking back on how her father sacrificed everything for the family and was never fully appreciated. My Papa’s Waltz deals with the narrator looking back at a time where he played joyfully with his father

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    Teacher World Literature I January 15‚ 2009 “Those Winter Sundays” and “My Papa’s Waltz” The two poems‚ “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden and “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke‚ seem to have a very similar theme. Both of them tell a story‚ from an inside point of view‚ of a child who is looking back on the lives of their father’s by recalling and telling of certain events that occurred in their past. In “Those Winter Sundays” the narrator‚ obviously a female‚ “and slowly I would

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    Relationships In "Those Winter Sundays" and "My Papa’s Waltz" "Sundays too my father got up early and / And put his clothes on in the blueback cold" comes from Robert Hayden’s "Those Winter Sundays" and describes the life of the speaker who reminisces of the childhood experiences that were spent with the speaker’s father (1-2). "At every step you missed / My right ear scraped a buckle" comes from Theodore Roethke’s "My Papa’s Waltz and also exemplifies a past relationship between a child and father

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    of love varies individually. In the poems “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden and “After Making Love We Hear Footsteps” by Galway Kinnell‚ the individual families in these literary works experience very different forms of love. Whether it takes the maturity of an adult or the innocence of a young child to see that love is apparent‚ it is still undeniable the presence and importance that love plays in a family relationship. In “Those Winter Sundays” Hayden shows fear towards his family. This

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    with his Father. However‚ the experiences are very different. In " Those Winter Sundays" the father son relationship is carried by both father and son’s in ability to communicate their love for each other. The total opposite is found in " My Papa’s Waltz‚" the love and communication is all present. With or without the communications it is clear‚ that the fathers love for his son and family is unconditional. "Those Winter Sundays" is a short poem packed with meaning. For example‚ the it uses one

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    hard-working fathers who provide for their family. The father in “My Papa’s Waltz” along with the father in “Those Winter Sundays” talk about the physical toll of the work on the fathers’ bodies. The poems describe the hands of both fathers as being worn and rough. Also in the poems are two fathers who are strict. In “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ the father is said to beat the narrator’s head‚ implying a tight reign on the narrator. In “Those Winter Sundays”‚ the father is made out to be strict through certain word

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    Hayden’s Those Winter Sundays which is a poem from the perspective of a young adult reflecting back on the childhood relationship with his father and the abuse his father inflicted. Another such poem is Theodore Roethke’s" My Papa’s Waltz" which looks carefully through the eyes of a young boy into the actions‚ of an abusive father. These poems are important because they deal with the complex issues surrounding the subject of abuse and also show the different ways which children react to it. "Those Winter

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    TANYA MOONEY COMPARE AND CONTRAST FOLLOWER & THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS SEAMUS HEANEY Was born in April 1939‚ the eldest of nine children. His father owned and worked on a farm of 50 acres in co Derry. His mother came from a family called McCann‚ she was a very out spoken woman‚ whilst his father sparing of talk‚ Heaney believes the difference in temperament led to a ’quarrel with himself’‚ from which his peotry arises. At the age of 11‚ Heaney won a scholarship to St Columb’s college

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    even the situation it gives people. When looking at the poems My Papa’s Waltz and Those Winter Sundays I see similarities and contrasts between the two. When you read My Papa’s Waltz it at first seems like a simple rhyming poem ABAB but then you read and there is little to no interpretation to be had‚ it’s about a drunkard abusive Father beating his young son‚ no analysis or insight in this poem it is blunt as a sledgehammer the poem is “My drunk‚ toxic‚ father beat me”. This is from the narration and

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