Poetry Analysis

"Do not go genlte into that good night" by Dylan Thomas and "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden were both good examples of father son relationships. Thomas describes his mixed feelings towards losing his father and not ready to say goodbye to him. "Good men, last wave by, crying how bright their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, rage, rage against the dying of the light." (Thomas, 887). It's a sad poem and hard to go through death of loved ones. Hayden, on the other hand, has a loving a devoted father who works all days of the week to support his family and makes sure the house is always warm for the family before they even have to get out of bed. It may also seem unappreciative because the father does all of these things for his family and never gets a thank you for anything but is still continuing to work so hard. "Hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather made banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him" (Hayden, 678).