Those Winter Sundays The poem, written by Robert Hayden, “Those Winter Sundays” is about the author recollecting his memories of his father, with the tone of regret and the mood of sorrow. Robert Hayden uses the attribute of images or imagery, to portray a son who is not aware of what he actually possesses. Throughout the poem, the son does not acknowledge his father for the entities that he did for him. Robert Hayden regrets for not thanking his father for all that he did from him. Hayden uses
In Robert Hayden’s poem, “Those Winter Sundays,” Hayden compares the ignorance of youth to the love and sacrifice of a father to illustrate his childhood relationship with his father. The imagery and symbolism throughout the poem allows Hayden to explore the mindset of a child, and what love in a family means. Using background information on the author, Robert Hayden’s difficult, traumatic family life growing up adds to these ideas and helps to reach a deeper understanding of the poem and the
Spence 1 I read the two poems “My Papa's Waltz” and “Those Winter Sundays” They are both emotional poem's where Theodore Roethke and Robert Hayden speak of their father. These men talk about the feelings they have toward their father's. It describes the relationship a son has with their father. These poem's are not the greatest tribute of their father but a memory that was important in their childhood. The poem “My Papa's Waltz” by. Theodore Roethke is a short story of a son that speaks
actually do it. However, when she started she explicitly stated to not tell anyone, especially her parent’s…it get’s sketchy at around here since I went off on a slight tangent, but I think the ideas is still there. The kid essentially wraps up the essay with a “What would you do?” and calls it day. A few weeks