Those Winter Sundays
"Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden. My analysis of the short poem is that the writer is referring to his father who had good family values, work ethic and a daily routine. The person had family values and worked very hard all week. He had the same routine weekdays, as well as every Sunday. The man is described as being a rugged type person, with good family values, work ethic and a daily routine.
This man had good family values which are described. He had values to work hard and take care of his family. The mans priority was not himself or body, which was shown from his "cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather" (Hayden 3-4) but was to only care for his family and others. The man worked regardless of how exhausted or tired he was.
The individual has a good work ethic which showed with his hard work all week at his place of employment. While at work he was very aggressive with his duties and very organized with tasks. He "would rise and dress, fearing the chronic angers of that house" (Hayden 8-9). The man was well aware of the poor state of his house he did not let it discourage him. His work ethic at home was also very structured with the same repetitive routine. His good work ethic is an example of a person with good character.
As described he has a daily routine which is his ambitious hard work each day of the week. As he said "polished my good shoes as well" (Hayden 12) and dressed himself in a certain order and time of day every Sunday. There is a lot of positive life lessons to learn from this person.
In conclusion the tone of this writer was very strong regarding this old time hard working person. He had shown good family values, work ethic and consistent daily routine. The poem was based on the individuals Sunday routine during the winter months. The writer is getting his point across to the readers that his character and habits were very strong and concise
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ReplyDeleteoverall this is a well written analysis. this is the score i came up with.
ReplyDeletethinking: 4 the writer offers background of the poem and has a clear stated thesis, with thought out ideas. did you like the poem? did you think it was well written?
organization: 4 the body refers back to the thesis, and has a good flow with well written transitions. also paragraphs are logically structured from begining to end.
evidence: 4 the writer chose meaningful evidence and cited the poem remember (MLA) when citing (Author, Line #).
language: 4 sentence structure varied clear vocabulary, ideas are fully developed throughout the essay.
mechanics:4 very few errors. there are a few places you could use a comma, just remember when you read it, if you would pause when saying it, use a comma.
conclusion was globally sound, it restated the thesis in a different tone.
well done
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ReplyDeleteUpon reading this essay, I feel the thesis statement is stated after the main topic is given by the writer. The writer demonstrates knowledge of the main character of the poem. The illustrations written about the man acknowledges the writers understanding of the rigid routines of the character. In the introduction I felt there was a lack of background as to why this man was so rigid in his routine.
The body of each paragraph does reflect directly back to the thesis statement. Each paragraph details the statement . I am able to read the content in each paragraph smoothly and refer back to the thesis statement . I can make sense of what I am reading and feel the writer did a nice job with the details in the evidence he provided to support each paragraph.
The conclusion does restate the thesis statement.Although, line 3 of the conclusion is not really discussed in the essay, nothing is really expressed about what happens on Sundays. Most of the writing content only describes the characters work ethic, values and routine.
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I feel the essay is very well written. I see little to no mistakes in grammar or punctuation. One period is missing from the very last sentence.
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thinking: 4 demonstration of analysis and purpose of the poem.
organization: 4 writing is easy to follow
evidence: meaningful in clear easy steps
language: smooth, easy transitioning with paragraphs.
mechanics: very good, hardly any mistakes.