The Father-Child Relationship in Poetic Texts

The Father-Child Relationship in Poetic Texts

An Analysis of the Father-Child Relationship in “Those Winter Sundays” and “My Papa’s Waltz”

Introduction

Those Winter Sundays, by Robert Hayden, and My Papa’s Waltz, by Theodore Roethke are two poems having almost similar themes and styles. They address the relationship fathers and their children, especially at home settings. A father refers to a female biological parent, who takes care of the young ones by spending time with them. The parental care motivates a child to give back love and respect to the father. Hayden and Roethke consider an appreciative aspect on the engagements of their fathers, even though they both have an inference about the perfection of…