My Papa's Waltz Compare And Contrast

Comparing and contrast of “Those Winter Sundays” and “My Papa’s Waltz” In describing “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden and “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke we see that both are reflecting on a childhood experience with their fathers. There is a showing of compassion and understanding in both poems yet fear is also described. The speakers are reflecting back on a past childhood memory with their fathers but we do not understand if they are pleasant or resentment. Although they deal with different situations both are powerful poems forms of displaying a father-son relationships but also differ in demonstrating their feelings towards their fathers. In comparison to the two poems the speakers in the poems are speaking in memory on their childhood at a moment that they had with their fathers. The poems are showing the speakers attitude towards their father and are differences in fatherly love. Both poems are describing young boys for instance in “My Papa’s Waltz” “Could make a small boy dizzy” (Roethke 2) and in “Those Winter Sundays” “and polished my good shoes well” (Hayden 12) is showing …show more content…
Another difference is that the speaker speaks directly to his father in the beginning when he describes “The Whiskey on your breath” (Roethke 1) but later in the end of the poem he describes his father as you. In the title of “My Papa’s Waltz” in it, it reveals a loving fatherly name “papa” that he shows for his father. Another difference in the two poems is that the speaker in My Papa’s Waltz speaks directly to his father in the beginning when he describes “The Whiskey on your breath” (Roethke 1) but later in the end of the poem he describes his father as you. . In the title of “My Papa’s Waltz” it displays a loving fatherly name “papa” that he shows for his