LITERARY ESSAY
MS.CUNNINGHAM
THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON IS STUCK, SORRY
IN “THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS” BY:
ROBERT HAYDEN AND “MY PAPA WALTZ” ARE ABOUT THE LOVE FATHERS GIVE TO THEIR
CHILDREN. IN “THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS” IT TALKS ABOUT THE LOVE A FATHER GIVES THAT’S
BEING UNNOTICED. IN “MY PAPA WALTZ” IT TALKS ABOUT A TYPICAL EVENING BETWEEN
FATHER AND SON OF A WORKING CLASS FAMILY.
“THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS” BY: ROBERT
HAYDEN THE SPEAKER REMEMBERS MEMORIES OF HIS FATHER WAKING UP AND “PUTTING HIS
CLOTHES ON IN THE BLUEBLACK COLD”. “HE MADE BANKED FIRES BLAZE” AND NO ONE
EVERY THANKED HIM. THE READER OF THIS POEM SEES A FATHER THAT HAD DONES CHORES
LIKE THIS AND IT BEING UNNOTICED. THE POET GIVES US A THE IDEA THAT THESE MEMORIES OF THE FATHER WERE IMPORTANT.
HE ALSO ADDS ON HOW “ HE HAD DRIVEN OUT THE COLD AND POLISHED MY SHOES AS WELL”.
THIS REPRESENT HOW ALL THESE MEMORIES OF THE FATHER WAKING UP EARLY ON HIS DAY
OFF AND MAKING BANKED FRES BLAZE. THE SPEAKER SHOWS HOW HE IS REALIZING HOW
MUCH HIS FATHER HAD DONE. THE SPEAKER IS SHOWING HOW HE REGRETS NOT EVER THANKING HIS FATHER FOR
WHAT HE HAD DONE.
“MY PAPA WALTZ” BY THEODORE
ROETHIKE SHOWS THE SPEAKERS MEMORY OF HIS FATHER . HE GIVES US AN IMAGE OF A
NORMAL EVENING AT HOME HANGING WITH HIS DAD AFTER HE HAD CAME FROM WORK. THE
SPEAKER TALKS ABOUT A FATHER WHO COMES FROM WORK WITH HIS PALMS “CAKED HARD BY
DIRT”. THIS SHOWS A HARD WORKING FATHER COMING REAL TIRED AFTER HIS WORK.”
WALTZING WITH HIS SON IN THE KITCHEN THE FATHER HAD WHISKEY ON HIS BREATH THAT
WOULD MAKE A SMALL BOY DIZZY”. THIS INTRODUCES US TO A FATHER WHO LIKES TO HAVE
A DRINK OF WHISKEY AFTER HAVING A HARD DAY OF WORK. THE SPEAKER AFTERWARDS
GIVES US AN IMAGE OF THE ROMPING UNTIL THE PANS FELL OFF THE KITCHEN SHELF
MAKING THE MOTHER FROWN. THIS SHOWS HOW CLOSE THE FATHER AND SONS RELATIONSHIP
IS.
IN CONCLUSION “THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS”
BY ROBERT HAYDEN IS ABOUT THE UNNOTICED LOVE OF A FATHER AND “MY PAPA WALTZ” BY
THEODORE ROETHIKE IS A POEM ABOUT THE CLOSE RLATIONSHIP BETWEEN A FATHER AND A
SON.
