In the poem, "Those Winter Sundays", the fathers love was unquestionably obvious based on his actions and interactions with his son despite his unorthodox ways of expressing those feelings. He was emotionally distant from his son but the magnitude of his love for his son was evident. On the other hand in the poem "My Papa Waltz" however, the father was a more affectionate and a "touchier" kind of father; he had more skin contact with his, caresses and display emotion.
             The father literally danced with his son. Playing, horsing around and dancing to music until it's time for the son to go to bed. The father "beats time on the boy's head" which probably means he taps his gently and lovingly. The boy clings to his father's shirt, not wanting to go to bed yet, but rather wants to stay awake and have more fun with his father contrary to the interactions between the father and son in the poem "Those winter Sundays" where the father did not show a lot of affection, but which does not necessarily mean that he loved his son any less.
             In the poem "My Papa Waltz." The actual signs of love differ in the sense that the waltzing is a jovial occasion that was looked upon as "their quality time." Where as in the other poem, there was no jovial or fun memory. It was a memory of one Sunday of
             many. More so like a ritual of what took place on Sundays in their home. Those times were devoid of feelings, emotional display of love and personal contacts.
             The boy in the poem "Those Winter Sundays" seems to convey a sense of regret this poem, he admitted saying harsh things to his father, the same man who had gotten up early those mornings to start a fire protecting him from the ravaging cold. The writer now seems to feel ashamed of the fact that he couldn't see past himself to realize that his father loved him, and how willing he was to make sacrifices for him. Where as in the poem "My Papas Waltz&quo...