“Cracked hands that ached from labor… fearing the chronic angers of that house… What did I know, what did I know” (Those Winter Sundays 1.3, 1.4 , 2.4, 3.4). Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden is about a male that is recollecting past memories of his childhood and the hardships that his father endured in and out of his job. Through thorough examination of the poem, the meaning of the poem is much more than just simply a young man looking back at his past and talking about it but rather about his regret towards his father and the things his father had done for him.
At first glance and analysis, the poem seems to convey the message and theme of an adult male reveals prior experiences of him and his father. The poem appears to emphasize that the narrator’s father is a hard-working man that deals with discomfort and fatigue in order to provide for his family. He would work “in the blueblack cold” with “cracked hands that ached” (Hayden 1.3, 1.4). To accentuate the hardships, the narrator’s father is acknowledged with no thanks, saying that “no one ever thanked him,” proving that the father would work very hard and rather than be praised, he would be give no thanks (1.5).
Through use of sharp toned consonance, Robert Hayden more effective resonates the mood of despair. Throughout the poem, there is a recurring hard “c” sound in …show more content…
This sonnet provides a form of rhythm, making the poem have a smoother flow to it. Robert Hayden’s poem Those Winter Sundays emphasis on mood affected the poem’s “outcome.” The use of a sonnet and consonance aided in making the poem’s mood be more evident. These two components of the poem created a more definite mood and mood shift. Without these two, the poem would have been stale and would not have been as impactful and would not have been successful in displaying the regret the narrator had for not thanking his father for all he had done for
At first glance and analysis, the poem seems to convey the message and theme of an adult male reveals prior experiences of him and his father. The poem appears to emphasize that the narrator’s father is a hard-working man that deals with discomfort and fatigue in order to provide for his family. He would work “in the blueblack cold” with “cracked hands that ached” (Hayden 1.3, 1.4). To accentuate the hardships, the narrator’s father is acknowledged with no thanks, saying that “no one ever thanked him,” proving that the father would work very hard and rather than be praised, he would be give no thanks (1.5).
Through use of sharp toned consonance, Robert Hayden more effective resonates the mood of despair. Throughout the poem, there is a recurring hard “c” sound in …show more content…
This sonnet provides a form of rhythm, making the poem have a smoother flow to it. Robert Hayden’s poem Those Winter Sundays emphasis on mood affected the poem’s “outcome.” The use of a sonnet and consonance aided in making the poem’s mood be more evident. These two components of the poem created a more definite mood and mood shift. Without these two, the poem would have been stale and would not have been as impactful and would not have been successful in displaying the regret the narrator had for not thanking his father for all he had done for