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Rimsha Farooq
Professor Jillian Ann Abbott
English 126
March 8th, 2018 Love is something that people often take for granted. The poems “The Possessive”, by Sharon Olds and “Those winter Sundays”, by Robert Hayden both poem have many similarities and many differences. Both poem talks about the relationship between a parent and a child. The poems also share a message of love. A pure love of a parent towards their children. But what the parent does not realize is that sometimes caring too much for the children might result in losing the loving and friendly relationship between the parents and the children. In the poem The Possessive the speaker Sharon Olds uses a lot of metaphors and similes to describe her relationship with her …show more content…
In the poem Hayden states, “Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueback cold, then with cracked hands that ached from labor” (Hayden). In this quote the speaker goes back in the times and talks about his past and explains the imperfect relationship he had with his father. He said that his father used to be a hardworking man who even worked on the weekends to provide for his family. But no one ever cared or thanked him the way he deserved. He said, “he’d call, and slowly I would rise and dress, fearing the chronic angers of that house” (Hayden). This quote tells that Hayden used to get scared whenever his father called him maybe he used to get scared because he never realized that his father’s anger might be coming out of love. Hayden’s father used to care so much that he used to take anger out on his child. Which may be reason why the father and the son had a non- pleasant relationship. He states, “Speaking indifferently to him, who had driven out the cold and polished my good shoes as well. What did I know, what did I know” (Hayden). Hayden said his father was such a caring and loving
Rimsha Farooq
Professor Jillian Ann Abbott
English 126
March 8th, 2018 Love is something that people often take for granted. The poems “The Possessive”, by Sharon Olds and “Those winter Sundays”, by Robert Hayden both poem have many similarities and many differences. Both poem talks about the relationship between a parent and a child. The poems also share a message of love. A pure love of a parent towards their children. But what the parent does not realize is that sometimes caring too much for the children might result in losing the loving and friendly relationship between the parents and the children. In the poem The Possessive the speaker Sharon Olds uses a lot of metaphors and similes to describe her relationship with her …show more content…
In the poem Hayden states, “Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueback cold, then with cracked hands that ached from labor” (Hayden). In this quote the speaker goes back in the times and talks about his past and explains the imperfect relationship he had with his father. He said that his father used to be a hardworking man who even worked on the weekends to provide for his family. But no one ever cared or thanked him the way he deserved. He said, “he’d call, and slowly I would rise and dress, fearing the chronic angers of that house” (Hayden). This quote tells that Hayden used to get scared whenever his father called him maybe he used to get scared because he never realized that his father’s anger might be coming out of love. Hayden’s father used to care so much that he used to take anger out on his child. Which may be reason why the father and the son had a non- pleasant relationship. He states, “Speaking indifferently to him, who had driven out the cold and polished my good shoes as well. What did I know, what did I know” (Hayden). Hayden said his father was such a caring and loving