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In the First Lesson by Phyllis McGinely, he refers to the fathers love and how the child may "climb, and they fear you'll fall". That is how my father feels bout me, he allows me to climb as high as I can reach, but he always is afraid I'll fall and get hurt. Yet, I know that "his love kindle[s] in the dark" even though in person he doesn't like to show it to me (Secret Heart). My mom on the other hand is very affectionate and loves to show her feelings of people. She is always expressing her love for my dad and us, whereas my dad doesn't, you just have to assume that's how he feels.
The poem "First Lesson", can be easily related to the relationship that my dad and I share. My father always tries to protect me now, and to teach me lessons for when I "walk alone". My father, my "dragon-seeker", looks to protect me from all of the "romantic terrors" that I will come across through life. Although my father and I both have days where we want to leave each other alone, he is always there for me. My father and I both know that in less than a year and a half, I will branch out and go to a school that is farther away than I have ever been. We both are aware that we will not see each other every morning and every night when we go to sleep. But, the one thing that we both have to keep in mind is that I will not be gone forever. My father knows that I will branch out, meet new people and live somewhere new, but I will always come home. My father knows that I am his baby, his only daughter, and he is my only father. This is how the poem "First Lesson" can be easily related to the relationship that my father and I share.
My Papa’s Waltz shows a very complex situation between a father and a son which it is geared towards a very specific audience. The poem mentions how "The whisky on your breath, could make a small boy dizzy; But I hung on like death”. This implies that the father, although may have suffered from alcoholism, the son still stayed loyal to his father. This is different from my personal situation because I do not have a strong “like death” relationship,or that inevitable father-daughter bond. Within this poem, it explains how although his father is a rough man, meaning he does drink and works hard, yet still has his child looking up to him and being a role model. It goes to show that you can have a rough exterior, yet still be a good parent.
In the poem, Taught Me Purple it explains how in a single mother situation, she wants to show her children how beautiful the world can be outside this little world. This is similar to my life in the way that my mom has always showed me the natural beauty of the world. My mother always made sure that we were active outside, and she “reached for beauty” much like the mother in the poem. The relationship also seemed very strong between the mother and her children, which is like how I am with my own. Overall, in both my personal relationship with my parents and the one the children have with their parent in the poem, are very similar. My parents want to show me what the world has to offer, not just what the current living situation is now.
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