Poets create poetry based on their lives and experiences. While reading poetry each reader can interpret what the poem is about. The reader can take those words and relate them back to their own lives. While I read the poetry I related the stories to own life and found that these people have problems greater than mine. Poetry taught me that I need to value and appreciate my life because some people have it worse. Growing up I had two parents that were together and both loved me. My Father was a
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My Papa’s Walt’s compared & contrast to Those Winter Sundays My Papa ’s Waltz‚ by Theodore Roethke‚ and Those Winter Sundays‚ by Robert Hayden‚ are similar comparing the fathers. In the poems the two fathers are caring and giving the children love and support‚ a father should always do for their children‚ by doing so‚ he gains their love and respect. In the two poems Roethke and Hayden take an admiring look back at the actions of their fathers‚ although; they both imply that their
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The poems Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden and My Papa’s Waltz by Theodore Roethke are two very similar works of literature. Both poems deal with the narrator looking back on the lives of their fathers and recalling certain events from the past. Those Winter Sundays deals with the narrator looking back on how her father sacrificed everything for the family and was never fully appreciated. My Papa’s Waltz deals with the narrator looking back at a time where he played joyfully with his father
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whether the relationship is between two or more life forms or between a life form and an object. The following will reveal relationship as depicted in Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays”‚ Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ and Cisnero’s “Barbie-Q” and the ramifications of sacrificial‚ spontaneity‚ and obsession. Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sunday” tells the story about how relationship does not have to be showed off‚ that it’s not about telling the other person on the relationship know what good deeds they
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Analysis of Robert Hayden’s "Those Winter Sundays" ’"’Those Winter Sundays’"’ by: Robert Hayden ** Introduction: This brief and lovely poem captures the sense of poignancy inherent love in the father-son relationship. The reader is able to conjure a picture in his or her head with the images presented in the poem. Rhythm is created in the placement of certain words and punctuation‚ causing the reader to read the poem a certain way. The fact that the sentences in the center of the poem all end
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Teacher World Literature I January 15‚ 2009 “Those Winter Sundays” and “My Papa’s Waltz” The two poems‚ “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden and “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke‚ seem to have a very similar theme. Both of them tell a story‚ from an inside point of view‚ of a child who is looking back on the lives of their father’s by recalling and telling of certain events that occurred in their past. In “Those Winter Sundays” the narrator‚ obviously a female‚ “and slowly I would
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Hayden’s poem “Those Winter Sundays” is about a man lacking appreciation for the hard work and dedication that he does on a day to day basis for his job‚ but his child loves and appreciates him for all of the hard work that he does. The poem was from a child’s point of view and the theme of Those Winter Sundays is created through the stream of consciousness‚ conflicts‚ symbolism‚ and a flat/ static relationship of the poem. The father rises early on Sundays after a dense week of work‚ it seems as
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The poem “Those Winter Sundays” is the story about a men who is reflecting on his past‚ when he was a kid his dad spend the winters working alone in an exceptionally harsh environment “my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold” (Line 1-2). The kid’s dad is by all accounts a tough man‚ who showed signs of bad temper due to the fact that he worked so hard to support his family and nobody recognize his yield “No one ever thanked him.” (Line 5)‚ yet he did love and care for
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home such as divorce‚ poverty‚ abuse‚ etc can all lead to negative long-term effects. Author of “Those Winter Sundays‚” Robert Hayden‚ experienced many tribulations of his own at a young age‚ such as separation from his birth parents‚ living in a tough foster home‚ and poverty. Robert Hayden’s disfigured childhood inspired him to share personal experiences and emotions in the poem‚ “Those Winter Sundays.” Robert Hayden was born on August 4‚ 1913 in Detriot‚ Michigan with the name Asa Bundy Sheffey
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In the Poem “Those Winter Sundays” the Author Robert‚ Hayden gives the readers the tragic realization that we don’t always appreciate the ones that mean the most to us. He clearly demonstrates the pain that neglecting to appreciate our loved ones can cause. Although the speaker didn’t realize at a younger age everything his father did to care for the family‚ and that his father was left unappreciated. By the end of the poem once lonely and left with time to reflect on the true value of his father’s
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