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Comparing Those Winter Sundays And A Blessing By James Wright

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A snapshot VS painting showed two different poems to compare which were a snapshot and painting. “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden and “A Blessing” by James Wright. “Those Winter Sundays” were a snapshot of the poem based on the dark tone and how the father acted towards to his son. “A Blessing” was like a beautiful painting that could give so many happiness.
“Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden was about one winter Sunday when the father came out of the warm house to work outside all day and in the conclusion; the son realized how cold his father was but still able to show that he loved him nonetheless. “Those Winter Sundays” were a snapshot of the poem based on the dark tone and how the father acted towards to his son. “Those Winter Sundays” was a short poem but held a lot of dense feelings towards to the reader that understands the ending. For example, Hayden described the father “Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold, then with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather made banked fires blazed.” (Hayden, 2013) Hayden described the father as a hard-working man to provide his only son because the mother wasn’t mentioned in the …show more content…

The other example of Snapshot was how the father reacted to the son. “I’d wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking. When the rooms were warm, he’d call, and slowly I would rise and dress, fearing the chronic anger of that house, speaking indifferently to him, who had driven out the cold and polished my good shoes as well.” (Hayden, 2013) the way Hayden describes the son explaining about his father. It showed that the father was a cold man, refusing to let his son see his soft side. But he does polish his shoes for him and kept the house warm for him. That showed the father truly care for him, even if he had a cold exterior appearance. The son may see his father brutal and cold, just like winter even if his hands

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