Comparing My Father's Song And My Mother

As you get older you tend to reflect more on your life and get your priorities together. You tend to realize who and what is important, the people who mean the most to you and the ones you can’t live without. Who would those significant individuals be for you? For most people it would be their parents. In the poems “My Father’s Song” by Simon J. Ortiz, and “My Mother” by Ellen Bryant Voigt, both writers express their emotion towards a parent. One with a sense of regret and the other with a sense of hurt and despair. Reminding you to appreciate and keep the ones you love close before it is too late. Grieving the loss of a parent can have an effect on you for the better or the worse, taking a toll on your state of mind or well-being, it can leave you with deep despair or regret, leaving you lost or wishing you could change the past. While some differences between “My Father’s Song” and “My Mother” are noticeable, the similarities are pronounced.
Deep emotion lies within both of these poems, one referring to a father …show more content…
While some differences between “My Father’s Song” and “My Mother” are noticeable, the similarities are pronounced. Love is a true expression in both of these poems. It is both heard and felt, along with pain and agony, however we hear many times that love conquers all. These poems did an impeccable job at portraying just that. The speakers show the readers that when you long for a lost one you are still left with beautiful memories and they remind us that with age comes wisdom and with wisdom comes appreciating those around you while you still can. The parent child relationship is strong throughout these poems. Feeling the true connection both parent and child once shared and how they are left with only their