My Papa’s Walt’s compared & contrast to Those Winter Sundays My Papa ’s Waltz‚ by Theodore Roethke‚ and Those Winter Sundays‚ by Robert Hayden‚ are similar comparing the fathers. In the poems the two fathers are caring and giving the children love and support‚ a father should always do for their children‚ by doing so‚ he gains their love and respect. In the two poems Roethke and Hayden take an admiring look back at the actions of their fathers‚ although; they both imply that their
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their relationship‚ others can relate to the message as well. Two poems about this are “Those Winter Sundays” and “How to Change a Frog Into a Prince”. “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden is a poem that explores a grown-up child‚ reflecting on how she was raised. In “How to Change a Frog Into a Prince” Anna Denise shows the process of helping a child grow into a young adult. The poems "Those Winter Sundays" and "How to Change a Frog Into a Prince" show parents trying to learn the process of raising
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Battered Memories: Child and Father 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
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The poem that really stood out to me was "The Whipping" by Robert Hayden I chose this poem because I can relate to the vision the author is trying to make us see. He’s trying to tell us the feeling the mom had. She might have had a lot of grudges against her own son because in the last stanza it states "And the woman leans muttering against a tree‚ exhausted‚ purged- avenged‚ in part for lifelong hidings she has had to bear" she has been mad at him and has been holding back on unleashing all her
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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 choice. Ultimately‚ the
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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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Digging‚ and Those Winter Sundays. The first part that will be included in this essay will be three quick summaries on Daddy‚ Digging‚ and Those Winter Sundays. After finishing that‚ I will be discussing Daddy vs. internal Conflict on what she had to go through with her father’s death and why she hated him so much. Then after that‚ I will be focusing on comparing and Contrasting Daddy and Digging‚ and also be discussing the similarities and the differences on Digging and Those Winter Sundays. Lastly‚
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Those Winter Sundays and The Papa’s Waltz With the two poems Those Winter Sundays and The Papa’s Waltz‚ they focus on the details about the fathers and their life‚ the fathers and their families‚ and the characteristics about them. With the details in the poems‚ it places a setting and helps the reader understand the differences in the poems to describe the fathers and families that make the reader about to pull differences to realize the important factors in the poems. These two poems have memories
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In the three poems about parenthood in the eyes of children‚ they all share one common characteristic. They demonstrate the difference of attitude towards their parents as they get older all the while giving an insight to parenthood. The poems are be based around a reflection of their past and speak indirectly to their father in different tones. The authors address how hard parenthood for a father is and how they now understand the things their father had done for them. They later realize at an older
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In Response to "Those Winter Sundays" Being a child‚ is one of the hardest stages of ones life. They go through doing all the wrongs in order to do the right‚ and they socially develop into a mature and sensible human being. During this stage of a young child’s life‚ the roles of parenting are absolutely crucial. In the poem "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden‚ I get a sense that the narrator does not have a special bond with his father‚ and that there is a sense of fear. I feel that in order
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