Can you write a journal to compare and contrast 2 poems?
Robert Hayden "those winter sundays"
Theodore Roethke "my papa's waltz'
TOPIC: in this assignment, you will demonstrate your close reading abilities by writing a paper that compares and contrasts the themes of these two poems about fatherhood. your interpretation will be supported by eviedence derived from the poem itself, including (but not limited to): tone, narrative voice, point of view, symbols, similes and metaphors, allusions, irony, and rhyme and meter.
Important: this list is meant only to illustrate the range of literary tools at your disposal for this paper. any attempt to include all the items on this list in a paper would be foolish.