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“Love isn 't something you find. Love is something that finds you.” (Love Quotes) This quote by Loretta Young can define one of the life lessons learned by the author in the poem “Those Winter Sundays.” Written by Robert Hayden, “Those Winter Sundays” (Kelly, 270) is one of those poems that allows readers to feel emotionally from the heart. This fourteen line poem goes beyond a deeper meaning than what the text reads. It is a poem that teaches its reader’s the bigger meaning of life, rather than…

At the beginning of the poem “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden, the speaker introduces cold and uncomfortable images to relay the tone of the poem: Regret for not respecting his father. Hayden uses “blueback cold” in the second line, presenting a tone of sadness and loneliness throughout the house that the speaker and his family like in. The word “blueblack” is such an uncommon word that it carries an extremely negative feeling, exemplifying the cold feeling of distance throughout the…

Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays” is touching, but also sad. The feeling of regret is a tough emotion to carry. The father, however, did not need any thanks. While it may have been a nice gesture and I am sure he would have appreciated it, he did not do it for the thanks. He did it because of the unconditional love that a parent has for their child. The love I have for my children is insurmountable. I did not know such a love existed until I looked upon their faces for the first time.…

It has often been repeated that with time comes grace. This maxim does well to describe the reflections found in “Those Winter Sundays” by the author, Robert Hayden. In a recollection, assumedly decades later, Hayden speaks of his father’s morning activity on a winter Sunday. In a wistful, ashamed tone, he recalls his father waking up before dawn, and chopping wood to warm the house. He makes sure the rooms are warmed, and polishes his son’s shoes for him. Concerning these labors of love,…

In the poem “Those Winter Sundays” Robert Hayden talks about his childhood and specifically about his relationship with his father as a child. Hayden’s father is shown to be a hard working man, with “cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather” who woke up early, even on Sundays, to light the fire and warm the house. The poem focuses on how nobody ever thanked him for his efforts, and how now as an older person Hayden truly understands the depth and complexity of parental love.…

by Robert Hayden, “Those Winter Sundays” illustrates the complex and often misrepresented relationship between a father and his child. An initial reading of Hayden’s poem provides an endearing depiction of fatherly love and support, the speaker recounting the lengths at which his father took to provide him with a warm and comfortable home. Under the surface, however, a much more lonely and dismal relationship is detected. Similar to Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays,” a superficial look at Theodore…

My papa’s waltz and Those winter Sundays are very much alike, yet still different. First, the poems have different forms and sound. Next, as you read the poems you find that both poems are about their parents, particularly their fathers. The fathers love their sons but show it in very different ways. For example, one father works hard. He keeps the house warm by going out to collect wood for the fire in the snow so his child does not have to. The other is a drunken father who dances with his…

Winter Sundays” we can see what takes to be a good parent. In these poems, parents realize what parenthood involves and recognize their responsibilities. Their devotion and dedication makes clear the strong love and affection that parents feel towards their children. In Robert Hayden’s “Those winter Sundays” events in the story took place in the past which shows that speaker is recollecting his past experience. Speaker tells us that his father worked very hard all of the time:” Sundays…

description of the father’s painful cracked hands due to harsh weather. In line one and two of the poem “Sunday’s too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold” (Hayden 1-2). Because of these lines it can be assumed that Sundays are the father’s days off, on which he would be able to rest. However it is obvious by the way the cold is described “blueblack” that is very early when he awakes None the less, he is still willing to face the bitter coldness to spare his…

Winter Sundays” , written by Robert Hayden, are both prime examples of how the ideal father son relationship is not a reality for everyone. While both poems are about difficult relationships between the sons and their fathers both children have different types of relationships with their fathers. Based on the point of view, household descriptions, and how the speakers talk about their fathers it can be incurred that “My Papa’s Waltz” is a more physical relationship than “Those Winter Sundays”. …