Jaydah B.

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    In the poems "Those winter Sunday" and "My Papa Waltz" they're two fathers that show affection in completely different ways. In "Those winter Sunday" the speaker really doesn't understand the way his dad show love to him. His father gets up every Sunday morning to make the house warm , but hes tired from all the hard work he does. his son really doesn't understated why he does this. In the poem it states ,"I’d wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking. When the rooms were warm, he’d call, and slowly I would rise and dress, fearing the chronic angers of that house, Speaking indifferently to him, who had driven out the cold and polished my good shoes as well." That shows that he really didn't understand his dad love but now he does.
   In my "My Papa Waltz" its about a drunk father who is  dancing with his son. Dancing with his son may be his way of showing love to his son , different from "Those winter Sunday" where his son doesn't understand . In the poem its sates ,"You beat time on my head With a palm caked hard by dirt, Then waltzed me off to bed Still clinging to your shirt." Even though the dance might not be all fun for the kid his dad still takes out time to dance with him to sleep.