Love in poems While the poems “Those Winter Sundays”, by Robert Hayden and “Still I Rise,” by Maya Angelou are exposing the same theme as love, it is actually very different as the aspect or point of view in those specific poems; a very different kind of love pushing the image from parent-son love to the opposite as hate or unloved feeling, but still love related. Even the two poems has similar elements in common like sounds, style, or figurative language, they also have many elements in opposition as well: persona, tones, and literary devices. After reading both of them I could find common elements as free-style or similar words repetition in each of them. The author Robert Hayden presents father or parent-son love in total opposition with…
“No Hug Rule” 1. The author’s message about the son was to never resist the urge to show appreciation. As the son grew older, his goodbyes became less and less affectionate. The author’s message about the mother was to never give up on your child, no matter how stubborn he/she may be. Considering kindergarten, the mother relentlessly waved to his son before leaving to school.…
Pride & Charity in Winter’s Bone Daniel Woodrell’s Winter’s Bone tells a story about a young girl, Ree that is trying to find her lost dad to save her family and their house. She does so with great pride and courage and rejects showing weakness. I assert that not asking for help and showing pride is a positive strategy because it ensures that Ree keeps her self-respect since asking for help is a sign of weakness as pride and self-respect is very important in the Ozarks. This attitude in the end would help Ree survive and get what she wanted.…
Being grateful for what you have is sadly rare in people today. In the poem titled "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden, a depressing poem about the author recalling his father’s hard work after his passing that seemed insignificant to him in the past. It tells the story of a very stern father, who loves his family very much but does not seem to show it with words, but rather with how he simply cares for them. The author describes the father as being a hard worker, but still even on Sundays, the father works at home to ensure that the house is comfortable and warm for his family. This poem tells the story of the author remembering about what seemed insignificant during the moment, the great love of his dad, and the author's regret to thank…
A heartwarming Christmas story in the tradition of the holiday classics It’s a Wonderful Life and A Miracle on 34th Street. Joseph Winter is a good and gentle man, but he carries with him the pain and regret of a childhood mistake. When a package mysteriously arrives on his doorstep, he is invited on a path to redemption. Traveling far from his cozy little home in St. Paul, Minnesota, into the snowy landscapes of the Arctic, his touching Christmas journey takes him in search of the one man who may be able to help him find peace—Santa Claus. An inspirational family Christmas tale in the style of the classic Christmas stories shared by families every holiday season, The Journey of Joseph Winter:…
In the poem, “Those Winter Sundays”, Robert Hayden plays on various denotations of the word “office” to make clear that love often means taking on duties and responsibilities. The word appears in the last sentence of the poem and it’s ambiguous definition leaves the reader with room to interpret the word with various denotations: “What did I know, what did I know / of love’s austere and lonely offices?” (13-14). This ambiguity therefore holds a great deal of influence over the reading of the poem as whole. The one word expresses the multitude of duties and feelings a father might do and express in regard to his love for his children.…
The Sorrowful Woman or The Sympathetic Woman? As a mother the first instinct we have is to take care of our children. We want them to know they are safe and loved. Anyone can agree that the woman in this story is far from that.…
(Q) This passage establishes a wonderment as to question to what point does a mother give up on their child? From the start of conception, mothers are born fulfilled with the remedy of joy that a newborn is developing in them. A remedy that makes them feel the sensation of love. Mothers are frequently never question their love for their child.…
The father is giving advice to his daughter on how to trust herself and to be independent. In contrast in “Those Winter Sundays” the father does not really show his love. In “Those Winter Sundays” the father shows his love by waking up early to get the house warm. So he commits to waking up before everyone else and warm the house.…
The one story that I would choose from session one, two, or three would have to be “The Rocking Horse Winner”. I chose this story because it was the only one besides “Rules of the Game” they didn’t have my wanting to smack my head off of my desk and wishing it would just end. My overall reaction to the story is this cannot be the end why did the little boy die, how was riding the rocking horse giving him the answers to who would win the race, why was he hearing the house talk to him and the list just goes on. The way that the author wrote the story had it starting off with focus on the mother and how she felt about her children; then while explaining her cold stone heart it shows you this compassion this little boy has for his mother and…
A duty, is a word defined in many ways by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. It is commonly used to describe “a moral or legal obligations; the service required under specified conditions; and obligatory tasks, services, or functions that arise from one’s position. It is a word used to speak of the performance of obligations to others in some type of fashion. In Robert Hayden’s, “Those Winter Sundays”, it explains a son’s regret over his inability to honor and truly appreciate his very own father during his upbringing. Throughout the poem, Hayden uses one event to describe the relationship of a father and a son.…
The speaker’s father in “Those Winter Sundays” puts more effort into domestic labor so he can provide his family the basic tools they need for survival. As a result, his relationship with his son suffers. Something always slips through the…
Showing one’s appreciation can mean the world to some. Yet when such opportunities become frequent, or are practically scheduled like clock-work, we tend to forget to express our appreciation over time. It is only by looking back in hindsight do we realize we may have come off as ungrateful. In Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays,” the strong use of imagery create a heavy yet detailed atmosphere.…
In “Dreams Begin Responsibilities” Delmore Schwartz, work with family, selfishness and pride. He does this through the mother, the father and waves. Delmore Schwartz is saying that both the mother and the father wants to get marry for other reasons than love. The mother is mostly about having a family.…
Personal Growth This is not the first time I have watched the video; however, I can recall the first time I watched it. I was sitting in my room clicking through trending videos on Youtube, looking through slam poetry and I clicked on the video thinking it was going to be more poetry. At first I was confused, but the video held my interest. When the Dad brought out the book and read from his diary, I could not help the slow stream of tears fall from my eyes.…