2). In this poem, it is clear that there is no doubt a love profoundly shared between the son and his father. In the first stanza line 5,6 and 7 he shows that his dad talked to him closely, “the tremble of emotion, in something he has just said.” (Ortiz, 2003. para. 1). In fact, in My Father’s Song,the love is profound and intimate as the narrator indicates to himself as his father’s song, “shows this to his son, his song.” (Ortiz, 2003. para. 1). Comparably, in Hayden’s poem, Those Winter Sundays there is a remembrance of the paternal love. The narrator reflects on how the father worked diligently, he was gentle and caring as seen in stanza 3, line 3, “and polished my good shoes as well.” (Out Loud, 2003.para. 3). Even so, the speaker confesses that he did not know the father love as his father was very busy and strict. He asks himself how he could have known at such a tender age. In the latter line of the last stanza, the narrator uses the term “austere” to represent the father’s strict love, a love that is
2). In this poem, it is clear that there is no doubt a love profoundly shared between the son and his father. In the first stanza line 5,6 and 7 he shows that his dad talked to him closely, “the tremble of emotion, in something he has just said.” (Ortiz, 2003. para. 1). In fact, in My Father’s Song,the love is profound and intimate as the narrator indicates to himself as his father’s song, “shows this to his son, his song.” (Ortiz, 2003. para. 1). Comparably, in Hayden’s poem, Those Winter Sundays there is a remembrance of the paternal love. The narrator reflects on how the father worked diligently, he was gentle and caring as seen in stanza 3, line 3, “and polished my good shoes as well.” (Out Loud, 2003.para. 3). Even so, the speaker confesses that he did not know the father love as his father was very busy and strict. He asks himself how he could have known at such a tender age. In the latter line of the last stanza, the narrator uses the term “austere” to represent the father’s strict love, a love that is