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Both poems “My papa’s waltz “and “my father is a simple man “ their main themes was the relationship between a father and son.

    “My papa’s waltz” the speaker begins by describing the relationship between son and his    father how close their were when they were “ The whiskey on your breath   

Could make a small boy dizzy;   But I hung on like death:   Such waltzing was not easy.” Dancing with his father the waltz it wasn’t easy  it was “like  death” any thing could happen the speaker could get hurt at any moment  because of the drunkenness and the situation his father was in .Through the poem the waltz dance was the most meaning full symbol in the poem because it represent the closeness of father’s son relationship even  thought the son is more likely to be hurt but he still want to show love to his father

 

 

“My Father is a Simple Man”

The speaker begin by describing his close relationship with his “I walk to town with m father to buy a newspaper” based on the description it seem  like their relationship great and there is love connection In it . but more important about it is the memory that the speaker’s father left behind  and how the speaker will remember his father. “I ask him what he thinks about death and he says he will gladly face it when it comes but won't jump out in front of a car.” those were the thing that the speaker memorize when he was leaving with his father the he speak and act  around him during the journey

 

For the comparison of this two poem their both about father’s and son relationship but mostly the good and bad memory that happen throughout their journey. 

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