Mother to son

This meme relates to the poem because it shows the love a mother has for her son.

The poems “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden and “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke are somewhat similar poems about respected fathers. In these poems, Roethke and Hayden take an admiring look back at the actions of their fathers although they both imply that they were not perfect. The two poems are different by In “My Papa’s Waltz”, alcohol and begins dancing with him. He describes his father’s knuckles as being battered on one hand and extremely soiled. Making the mother frown, then he ‘waltzed” him to bed.  In “Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden, the poet also talks about his childhood. On one Sunday morning, his father rises up early and puts on his clothes in the cold darkness. He then goes out in the cold and splits firewood with which he uses to start a fire in the house. After the house is warm, he calls the rest of his family out of bed. He does not get any thanks for doing this but that does not seem to matter.

Group slides

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In the poem "The negro Speaks Rivers", by Langston Hughes, he uses the river as a symbol.
In the line, " I heard the singing of the Mississippi," is an example of personification which makes the river a living singing thing. The singing river demonstrates the emotions of the African american people. Singing has always been an accepted way of expressing emotion within the African american race. Langston Hughes figurative language to illustrate that African american lives matter.

Today, were working on our project as a group.