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    Bliss Powers Professor Langdon English 299 29 February 2012 Scholarly Sources for “Those Winter Sundays” Upon first reading the poem “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden‚ I was an objective reader who assumed Hayden was looking back with nostalgia at his lost childhood. Without researching the poem‚ as well as Hayden himself‚ I had no way of knowing his background as an adopted child to unhappy parents in a dysfunctional household. After reading several sources‚ I’ve formed a somewhat

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    ENC 1102 “ Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden is a poem about how the author is recalling how his father would wake up early on Sunday‚ a day which is usually a rest day by many people‚ to build a fire for him‚ so that he could get out of bed in to a warm house. However‚ he fails to appreciate his father’s love. This poem captures the sense of father and son relationship‚ and it also is a letter from Hayden to his father (Gallagher 245). It is sad because the son does not talk to his father

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    father and child. Because the poem is a sonnet it only furthers the argument that it is a love poem. Hayden used his own personal experience as inspiration as he had an estranged relationship with both his foster parents but was specifically worse with his father (Encyclopedia of World Biography). However now Hayden looks back as an adult and has the narrator in the poem parallel his own ideology. Hayden constantly visited his biological parents and was under appreciative of his foster parents. Along

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    how to deal with it. Even more‚ poets and writers all over the world contribute works that express the saddening events and force the public to realize it is much more real than the informative articles we read about. One such poem is Robert Hayden’s Those Winter Sundays which is a poem from the perspective of a young adult reflecting back on the childhood relationship with his father and the abuse his father inflicted. Another such poem is Theodore Roethke’s" My Papa’s Waltz" which looks carefully

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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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    "Those Winter Sundays" Robert Hayden’s‚ "Those Winter Sundays"‚ is a poem of a son’s regret over his inability to honor and appreciate his father during the course of his upbringing. It uses one event to describe a father and son’s entire relationship. Actually‚ "Those Winter Sundays" is a poem written for Robert Hayden’s father. Although at first the poem does not seem to be a great tribute to his father‚ Hayden’s admiration and love for his father breaks through the lines. In the poem‚

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    "Those Winter Sundays" In Robert Hayden’s "Those Winter Sundays" a grown person‚ most likely a man‚ recounts the winter Sundays of his childhood. He remembers the early morning events that took place and how much the events portrayed his father’s love for him. The man realizes that as a child he failed to appreciate the hard work his father did in order to provide him with some basic necessities and some small additional perks at times. The theme of the poem is sad‚ and lonely. Assuming that

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    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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    Consequently‚ those who never seek gratitude silently give love to all they have. In “Those Winter Sundays” the author‚ Robert Hayden‚ depicts a child looking back on a frigid morning and becoming aware of his father’s daily acts of affection. The poem’s narrator is a child who is not clearly classified as male or female‚ but can be assumed to be the father’s son. The poem begins by illustrating a father rising at dawn on a bitterly cool weekend‚ a day of rest. Although his hands are worn down and

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