'Those Winter Days'

Paper Summary:

This paper analyzes the poem "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden. According to the paper, the poem depicts the poetic speaker's father during the father's characteristic Sunday winter routine in the morning.

Outline:
Is the Poem Lyric, Narrative, or Dramatic? How Do You Know?
Denotations and Connotations
Denotations of Unfamiliar Words: (Literal Meanings)
Connotations of Familiar and Unfamiliar Significant Words in the Poem
What is The Tone of The Poem? Irony?
Who is Speaking in This Poem?
Sense Experience
Figures of Speech
Sound
Interpretation

From the Paper:

"The narrator of the poem is speaking about his perceptions as an adult of his father's labor. He looks back upon himself as a child, remembering how he felt as a child, moving slowly and fearfully in his own home, apparently wishing his father were different than the cold and angry man his father seemed. The narrator wishes that his childhood self was more accepting of his father's love--but also wishes that his father was easier to love, so that their relationship could have been closer."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Austere." Definition from Dictionary. com. [19 May 2006.] <http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=austere>
• Hayden, Robert. "Those Winter Days." Backpack Literature, An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Edited by X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia.
• "Splintering." Definition from Dictonary.com. [19 May 2006.] <http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=splintering>

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