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Comparing "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke and "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden


My Papa's Waltz, by Theodore Roethke, and Those Winter
Sundays, by Robert Hayden, are two somewhat similar poems about
respected fathers. To most people a father is not just the man who fertilizes
their mother's egg, but a man that spends time with and takes care of them.
While doing this, he gains their love and respect. In these two poems
Roethke and Hayden take an admiring look back at the actions of their
fathers, although; they both imply that their parents were not perfect.

In My Papa's Waltz, Theodore Roethke describes an episode in his
childhood. In this, what seems to be regular, occurrence his drunken father
comes home for the night reeking of alcohol and begins dancing with him.
Roethke describes his father's hands as being battered on one knuckle and
extremely soiled. They "romped until the pans slid from the kitchen shelf"
(5-6). This made his mother so upset that she could do nothing but frown.
Finally, his father "waltzed" him on to bed.

     In ?Those Winter Sundays'; by Robert Hayden, the poet also
relinquishes on a regular occurrence in his childhood. On Sunday mornings,
just as any other morning, his father rises early and puts on his clothes in the
cold darkness. He then goes out in the cold and splits fire wood with which
he uses to start a fire in the house. After the entire house is warm he calls the
rest of his family out of bed. He ... [to view the full essay now, purchase below]

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