Father Poems In examining the four father poems, I chose to talk about "Breakings", "Black Walnuts", and "My Papa's Waltz". In each of the three poems the speaker reminisces about memories he has with his father that take place when the speaker was young. The three texts discuss the father's importance in the son's maturation. In the poem entitled "My Papa's Waltz," the author is writing about a son and his father doing some sort …showed first 75 words of 1259 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1259 total…The father must have a way to support his child, they need to enjoy activities together, and the father should be able to teach things to his son. Although some of these poems show negative words, the writer chose to write about them in a positive manner. These were important to the speaker obviously they cared enough to write about them. If any of these were not important or negative, why would the writer write?