Poetry Essay

For my poetry essay I have chosen to compare "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "Those Winter Sundays". Both of these poems express the parent child relationship by describing the regret and remorse that each child feels about their relationship with their father. In "Those Winter Sundays" it is more evident that the child feels bad for not showing his father appreciation for everything he does for him and his family. In the other poem the reasons for the child's regret is not as clear and specific. The child's father is on his death bed and he does not want him to die but the reason for his feelings of regret are never stated in the poem. It is obvious to the reader that the child in this poem has some unresolved issue with his father because he does not want him to die.