Written in 1966 and 1987 respectively, both Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays" and David Wagoner's "My Father's Garden" are two poems which pay special tribute to the speakers' fathers. Even though the poetic tones and family settings are different, however, th...

How do the authors of Long Distance, The Sick Equation and My Grandmother enable us to understand the relationships described in the poems? In 'Long Distance', the rhyming pattern is abab cdcd efef, but in stanza four it changes. The rhyme pattern then changes to ghhg. The slowing d...

Many of us go day by day living our lives without appreciating the true value of family. We occasionally take for granted the individuals who have brought us into this world, and generally forget to thank them for all they have done. I myself have fallen in this category, as I frequently bypass all ...

The Use of Imagery in "Those Winter Sundays" Parents often have the desire to give to their children no matter how much pain it brings to themselves. In Robert Hayden's poem "Those Winter Sundays," the father does whatever is necessary to make his family comfortable. In ...

Children often become so wrapped up in their own tasks and obligations that they take for granted the simple acts of loving support given to them by their family and relatives. Many times this causes families to have problems communicating. Communication between children and relatives doesn't...

"Those Winter Sundays," is a poem about a son remembering his father. The poem seems to be a lament of the fact that the son, at the time could not perceive his father's expressions of love. The father is a hard worker who worked everyday even on Sundays. It is clear that there was distan...