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Ignorance Of Youth: Those Winter Sundays By Robert Hayden

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Thomas Glowish
Ms. Chambers
English - D
3 February 2023
Ignorance of Youth
“Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden, is a lyric poem which covers a boy contemplating his childhood where his father showed love through actions rather than words and how these actions were overlooked, like how he drove out the cold to keep him warm in the hard winters. Some people in the world convey love through actions and these actions although noble can go unacknowledged and tragically unappreciated. The use of poetic devices helps clarify the theme of the poem as one of regret and the wish to appreciate those you love while you can. Furthermore the use of two poetic devices perfectly convey this poem's theme of unappreciated love, one being imagery as it …show more content…

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