Daddy VS Papa In the two poems “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath and “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke the father is the main subject. “Daddy” is set in a hatred tone, while “My Papa’s Waltz” is humorous. Sylvia Plath seems to be letting out anger towards her father while Theodore Roethke is setting a tone only he can understand. The little boy in “My Papa’s Waltz” does not resent his father in …showed first 75 words of 748 total…

…showed last 75 words of 748 total…been very domineering to her. He was a very strong man who believed in discipline. Plath also seems to have married a man that was the same way. She then grew old to hate men. These two poems are similar the first time read. Once you get into the poetry with background checks and start reading between the lines more comes to surface. The two poems become completely different the more you look inside them.