The document is a PowerPoint presentation summarizing the poem "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden. It describes how the poem is about a son's belated appreciation for his loving father who worked tirelessly on Sundays, even in harsh winter conditions, to provide for his family without receiving thanks. The presentation analyzes the first stanza and its vivid imagery depicting the father's difficult life of toil.

1. PowerPoint presentation on
‘Those Winter Sundays’
Divya.A.S.
New B.Ed. college, Nellimoodu
Register Number: 13376010

2. ROBERT HAYDEN

3. The poem is a regretful son’s
belated homage to a loving father
who did not receive any love or
gratitude from his son when he
needed it.

4. Blueblack cold – extreme cold
Cracked- broken, splitted
ache – pain
Weather – condition of the atmosphere
banked fires – fire burning without flames
Blaze – flame

5. Sunday is supposed to be the day for
rest and prayer. Even on those days the
father works for the family.

7. The first stanza vividly presents the life of toil led by
the poet’s father. He works for the family even in
sundays. He woke up early in the morning and makes
the banked fires blaze in order to make the house
warm .

8. 1. Who is the author of the
poem?
2.What is the title of the
poem?
3. what does the phrase
“sundays too” mean?

9. IMAGES
POETS USES CERTAIN IMAGES TO MAKE THEIR CREATION
MORE ATTRACTIVE
THE POEM’S FIRST STANZA ALSO PRESENTS CERTAIN VISUAL IMAGES.
WHILE READING THE POEM, THE READER CAN VISUALIZE THESE
IMAGES..

10. “MATHA, PITHA, GURU,
DAIVAM”………… LET THIS BE YOUR
GUIDING LIGHT…
REALIZE AND RETURN THE LOVE, CARE AND SACRIFICE OF YOUR
PARENTS…………..