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    Analyzing of the poem “Those Winter Sundays” The speaker’s has some images of his childhood years with his father in early Sundays mornings. In the poem “Those Winter Sundays” the speaker’s present attitude is prompted by his Image, Circumstances, and Memory of his childhood relationship with his father’s First, The speaker’s uses clear and powerful images in the poem he speaks of the cold as “Blue-black cold”(lines 2) to let the readers know what time of year it was in other words he describes

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    chosen diction possesses more depth beyond what is literally meant. Information hidden beneath metaphorical verses serves to not only give insight into the writers thinking process, but also to communicate with readers. Richard Hayden’s, Those Winter Sundays, serves as a poetic narrative describing the actions taken by a father to ensure his family’s well- being. Hayden’s modern sonnet generates multiple concepts of love, sacrifice and regret which assist the reader in understanding the limitless

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    Those Winter Sundays

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    “Those Winter Sundays,” by Robert Hayden, is a beautiful poem. Hayden’s poem tells a grown man’s perspective of his father. In the poem it is clear that there is distance between them and little communication. But it is discovered at the end of the poem, that love is actually present. Although it is only a 14-line poem, it packs remarkable power into each line. The very unrythmed poem begins with a very simple line letting you know what tone and mood the poem is set in. The title “Those

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    Compare Winter Sundays

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    ¨Those Winter Sundays¨ by Robert Hayden and ¨Snapping Beans¨ by Lisa Parker are two different narrative poems that share the same theme. Similarly both poems consist of a speaker being affected by the relationship they have with their elders. In ¨Those Winter Sundays¨ the speaker tells us about his hardworking father who takes care of his kids even though he may come off as a harsh father. The speaker of ¨Snapping Beans¨ is a granddaughter who discusses about the change that she is going through

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    Those Winter Sundays

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    The short poem of “Those Winter Sunday’s” by Robert Hayden, in this particular poem Hayden is a grown man reflecting on his past when he was a child. On a Sunday winter morning when he was a little boy his father would always get up early to gather wood to light the fires around the house so that his family would get out of bed into a warm cozy house. As Hayden grew older the author has come to an understanding of what regretfully has escaped him as a boy about his father he learned how difficult

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    In “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden, the speaker who is an adult, describes and reflects his experience and insouciance toward his father as a child through his tone and actions. As an adult, the speaker has come to understand and appreciate the form of love his father had for him. The perspective and meaning of the poem depends on the differences between what the boy knew then and what the man, possibly a father himself, knows now. To begin with, the title “Those Winter Sundays” is suitable

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    The poem “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden shows how a young boy appreciates everything his father does for him but doesn’t thank him for it and looking back as an old man acknowledges it. Throughout my life my mom has always gone out of her way and devoted many hours to help with every club or sport that I participated in, even though I never asked her and I regret that I never conveyed how thankful I was for how much time she put in to make my life easier. Throughout my life I have participated

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    “What did I know, what did I know, of love’s austere and lonely offices?” This is the heartbreaking moment of recognition when the speaker in “Those Winter Sundays” finally regrets his disregard for his father’s love as a child. In “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden and “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan, the authors illustrate the common message that many children are ungrateful for the unconditional care and support they receive from their parents. Both texts highlight the idea that a parent figure’s

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    Analysis Of Those Winter Sundays

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    Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden Those winter Sundays written by Robert Hayden is a poem to ponder for a while. The poem may look simple, but analyzing it deeply shows that is a complicated one with a well-defined sentiment of no appreciation and sorrow towards his father. These sentiments will change to the end of the poem. Also, the poem can be understood in various ways: one way could be a positive feeling from the writer towards his father or the other

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    In “Those Winter Sundays,” Robert Hayden uses a great deal of symbolism. The main symbols he uses are the warm and the cold. The cold represents a life without the father. The cold winter mornings were unbearable until the father would build a fire to warm the house. This act of warming the house symbolizes the father’s acts of love, which the son in the poem did not realize at the time. The warmth that filled the house was something that the son just expected every day, as it was routine. Until

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