Analysis Of Those Winter Sundays

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Riyadh Albader Dr. Alyson Lynn ENGL2030-32 April 16, 2015 Those Winter Sundays The poem these winter Sundays is a beautiful poem and the writer name is Robert Hayden and discuss father role in the poem. Poem looks simple if the analyzing deeply so understand that poem is complicated. The poem main theme is that discusses the father role and the child would worry because fearing the father of his behavior and strict toughness. In addition, the writer explains in various ways as positive or negative feeling writer about his father and the other one be a complaint about his father behavior. Choice of the word writer uses is not complicated so the essay is simple easy to read and understand (Hayden, 200). “Those winter Sundays” a grown person …show more content…

The follow the dark memories of his after who scarified and many pain of his family. Therefore, the narrator begins and his refection and understanding of his father and role-played in this father and son relationship. The young stage of life parents care the children it is the time children becomes mature enough so in the reality there are many sacrifices as blood and tears and our parent have shed for. Finally comes to appreciate those who gave us life. So the many writers and poets write about his past and the difficulties. Therefore, the many difficulties in the life but the parent role in the life is very important. Parent helps the children every way so the father role is very important role. I spent most of my childhood days running in difficulties so the writer asked that father role is very strict role in my life. Therefore, the author is remembering whom his father gets up early in the morning on holiday as Sunday. The poem is a bit sad so the feeling is very imagining in the poem. Therefore, the poem is one warmed father love. Therefore the poems explain more things then but the father is very important in life he support the children in difficult time. Therefore, the father works at home so make sure that the house is full of energetic (Huden, 2014). So the love is a theme and it is fact that speaker’s father arose early on the winter Sunday to build fire when his son lay in bed it is the evidence of the father love his family or his son. So the poem explores the theme of love so the speaker is old himself he is better able to celebrate in words. Therefore, the quit love it is silently but meaningfully in the past. Therefore, is poem explaining expression of love by the son for the

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