The simple word father can conjure up many images and emotions. A father can be a warm and joyful memory, or a dark and dismal one. Two poets confront these memories in Sylvia Plath's poem "My father and husband "Daddy" and in the poem by Theodore Roethke "My Papa's Waltz". At the first look these might seem to be very similar, but upon further investigation it becomes clear that these two poems are more different …showed first 75 words of 937 total…

…showed last 75 words of 937 total…and they use different ways to reflect their points in each their poems. In order to convey their points each poet utilizes all the poetic elements such as structure, language, speaker, and tone. The differences in how these elements are applied allow the reader to grasp the main idea the poet is trying to express. Whether that main idea be a joyful remembrance of a childhood romp or a sighting of a symbol called father.