The poem “Those Winter Sundays‚” by Robert Hayden is about a childhood memory. The childhood memory involved is indeed one that the speaker regrets‚ but also gains knowledge from the regretful state of mind. There are many children who either do not realize the amount of sacrifices that their parents go through for their sake. Having children and being able to take care of them is very important. Some children can grow up feeling unappreciative without the discipline of the parents similar to the
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In this paper‚ I will discuss how various short poems reflect on the idea of family. The poems I will evaluate are ‘Those Winter Sundays’ by Robert Hayden‚ ‘My Papa’s Waltz’ by Theodore Roethke and finally‚ ‘Eating together’ by Li-Young Lee. I will also determine how the poems construct the feeling of family and how this may emotionally affect the reader. Moreover‚ I will investigate how the speaker influences the perception of family. Using my own opinion and experience of family‚ I will also discuss
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"Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden is a poem about a how the author is recalling how his father would wake up early on Sundays‚ a day which is usually a reserved as a day of rest by many‚ to fix a fire for his family. The mood of this poem is a bit sad. It portrays a father‚ who deeply cares for his family but doesn’t seem to show it by emotions‚ words‚ or touching. It also describes a home that isn’t very warm in feelings as well as the title" Those Winter Sundays" The author describes the
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In the poem Those Winter Sundays‚ I believe it would not make a difference if the character was a male or female‚ since I believe the character of the story is a young child. Additionally‚ a young female or male child could narrate the details of the poem‚ and its meaning would remain unchanged by the gender‚ since the details only perceive a young child trying to grasp his or hers dad’s role in their life. I interpreted the structure of the poem‚ as a young child realizing his father’s effort to
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Reading Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden‚ I cannot help but feel the poet now grown and becoming a parent himself‚ is reflecting. The poem does not talk of the authors present‚ but I can imagine that some life event has caused this revisiting of the past. The tone leaves one with a sense of regret‚ a longing to return to childhood‚ to revisit the unappreciated moments. The author seems to speak almost in a narrative‚ as if almost confessing to anyone who will listen. Thinking back to the
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Speaker in poetry Christen Borgersrode I chose to write about “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden. This poem was a touching memory as the speaker looked back on how he never thanked his father for all he did on those chilly Sunday mornings. In lines one through five the speaker talks about how the father would always get up in the early morning‚ in the “blueblack cold”‚ and get a fire started to warm the house after working hard that previous week. This shows that the father worked hard
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Those Winter Sundays By Robert Hayden’s Robert Hayden’s Poem‚ "Those Winter Sundays‚" is the perfect example of a life lesson. As a child growing up there are things we do not realize but eventually life reveals the significance of curtain things and in this poem Hayden’s has this experience. This poem shows how we take things and people closest to us for granted. He does this in three ways‚ blatantly‚ with the language he uses‚ and also with the mood and tone he sets. The speaker
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Analysis of Those Winter Sundays Through metaphors and meticulous word choice Robert Hayden illustrates people taking loved ones for granted in his poem‚ Those Winter Sundays. Words with negative connotations and the use of repetition underscores the underlying mood of remorse upon the speaker’s further reflection on their childhood. The sounds of the words when spoken and the choices the author made in choosing certain words is undoubtedly intentional in developing the dejected mood and overall
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TPS-FASTT “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden Title: Perhaps the poem is a description of the coziness and the joy of Sundays during winter; a time for indoors‚ family‚ hot chocolate‚ etc. I expect much imagery pertaining to cold weather‚ togetherness‚ and other winter wonderland type visuals. The word “those” is used to describe the winter Sundays‚ so therefore it is looked at as a common topic. Paraphrase: Both the son and his father got up early on Sundays‚ his father put his
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The Unspoken Love in “Those Winter Sundays” Robert Hayden was one of the most celebrated poets of his days; he was the first African-American to serve as the nation’s official poet‚ a distinct honor that is now called the U.S. Poet Laureate (poets.org). Among his enduring works‚ “Those Winter Sundays” stands out as one of the utmost anthologized poem. In fact‚ ten years ago‚ on a survey conducted by Columbia University Press‚ it ranked the 266th most anthologized poem in the English language (Biespiel)
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