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Those Winter Sundays
by Robert Hayden
 The son/poet is an adult now
looking back onto what his
father had done for him in the
past.

Recapitulation- He realizes now how he wasted

his childhood not recognizing
Those Winter the little things that his father
Sundays did for him.
The poet recalls the way he
treated his father, so
indifferently. Refers to the
coldness between the two.
 Literary/Poetic device is a technique a writer uses to
produce a special effect in their writing.

FIGURES Poetic devices are tools that a poet can use to create
rhythm, enhance a poem's meaning, or intensify a mood
OF SPEECH or feeling.

OR Examples: Alliteration, Personification, Similes,

POETIC Metaphors, etc.

DEVICES
THOSE WINTER
SUNDAYS

POETIC DEVICES IN THE POEM

ARE:
 ALLITERATION
 PERSONIFICATION
 ONOMATOPOEIA
 REPETITION
 BLANK VERSE
 METAPHOR
 IMAGERY
 BLANK/FREE VERSE
Free/Blank verse is a literary device that can be defined as poetry that is
free from limitations of regular rhythm and does not rhyme with
fixed forms. Such poems do not follow regular rhyme scheme rules
yet provide artistic expression.
FEATURES:
 Free verse poems have no regular meter or rhythm.
 They do not follow a proper rhyme scheme; these poems do not have
any set rules.
 It is also called vers libre, which is a French word meaning “free
verse.”

'THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS' doesn't follow any rhyme scheme.

It is a FREE VERSE.
(Note in Literature Notebook)
METAPHOR
 Metaphor is a poetic device that describes a person or object
by referring to something that is considered to have similar
characteristics to that person or object.
 FEATURES:
 A metaphor states that one thing displays the quality/feature
of the other thing.
 It is used for comparison or symbolism.
 Metaphors are used in poetry, literature, and anytime
someone wants to add some color to their language.

EXAMPLES:

 The mind is an ocean.

 The city is a jungle.
 I am the nightingale of the class.
 METAPHOR FROM THE POEM
THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS
Comparisons:
‘chronic angers of that house’ (stanza 2)
angers symbolize the fights/arguments or hateful atmosphere.

‘I’d wake up and hear the cold splintering breaking’ (stanza 2)

cold here is the ice, not the weather.

'who had driven out the cold' (stanza 3)

cold here refers to the coldness/bitter relationship between the father and the
son/poet.

‘love’s austere and lonely offices’ (stanza 3)

love here symbolizes the father.
offices is not a place, but duties carried out by the father.
 IMAGERY
Imagery makes use of particular words that create visual
representation of ideas in our minds. The word 'imagery'
is associated with mental pictures. It represents objects,
actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our
physical senses.
EXAMPLES:
It was dark and dim in the forest.
The words “dark” and “dim” are visual images.
The children were screaming and shouting in the fields.
“Screaming” and “shouting” appeal to our sense of hearing, or
auditory sense.
 IMAGERY- HOME ASSIGNMENT
TO BE DONE IN THE LITERATURE NOTEBOOK
Here are two examples of Imagery from the poem-'Those Winter Sundays'.
 And put his clothes on in the blue -black cold. ( Stanza 1)
 Speaking indifferently to him. ( Stana 3)
We can picture both the examples in our minds.

It'stime for you to

identify and write
3 examples of
Imagery from the
3 stanzas of the
poem. One from
each stanza.
 REFERENCE TO CONTEXT
( PRACTICE NOTEBOOK)
Read the extract carefully and answer the following questions.

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 angers of the house.

1. Who is 'he' here?

2. What does 'he' do before calling the poet?
3. What is the poet scared of?
4. What do you mean by- 'Chronic angers'?
5. Pick an example of Alliteration from line 2.
 REFERENCE TO CONTEXT
ANSWERS
1. Who is 'he' here?
'He' here is the poet's father.

2. What does 'he' do before calling the poet?

The poet's father warms the rooms before he calls the poet.

3. What is the poet scared of?

The poet is scared of the chronic angers of the house.

4. What do you mean by- ' Chronic angers'?

Chronic angers refer to the fights or the arguments that often take
place in the house.
5. Pick an example of Alliteration from line 2.
When the rooms were warm- Alliteration
 REFERENCE TO CONTEXT
( TO BE DONE IN THE LITERATURE NOTEBOOK)
Read the extract carefully and answer the following questions.

Speaking indifferently to him

Who had driven out the cold
And polished my good shoes as well
What did I know, What did I know
Of love’s austere and lonely offices.
1. Who is 'I' here? Write his name.
2. How did the father show he cared? HOME
3. What did 'I' not know? ASSIGNMEN
4. What do you mean by the word- 'austere'? T
5. Pick an example of Imagery from the extract above.
 LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
SELF ASSESSMENT
LEARNING MASTERY SECURE DEVELOPING EMERGING
OBJECTIVE ( 10/10) (9-8/10) ( 7/10) ( 6/10)
(able to....)

1. Understand the
theme & content of
the poem. Know
about the poet & his
view point.

2. Identify the Poetic

devices.
Learn the play of
words/phrases.

3. Analyse and
write/attempt answers
needed for the
questions asked.
QUIZ TIME-MS FORMS

HOME ASSIGNMENT
IMAGERY- SLIDE 10
RTC- SLIDE 13