#THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS TYPES OF IMAGERY CRACKED#
The labor the father is involved with and environment he worked in, cracked his hands and caused them to ache adding to his hard work, but the work he was doing created blazing fires that used to be banked. The impact of the work is shown in “cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather made banked fires blaze” (lines 3-5). The dad is the only one awake presently in the house, and therefore could mean the dad is cold and is surrounded by emotional coldness. However, the cold could also symbolize the basic environment that the house starts in. The conditions of cold that he prepares for and enacts his work in are harsh, and the colors of black and blue add to the imagery of a bruise, symbolizing the environment as harsh enough to make a lasting impression and impact. Those Winter Sundays first begins with the child saying, “Sundays too my father …show more content… His environment is described as “blueblack cold” when he tries to prepare for work (line 2). While this poem does discuss the relationship between the son and his father, hidden within the poem are elements of darkness intertwined with the father’s love. The second and third stanza, however, discuss the son’s reaction and relationship to the father’s work. The first stanza discusses the specifics of the father’s labor. In Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden the entire poem seems to be discussing a father who gets up early in the morning to start a fire.
The craftsmanship of this poem really takes a simple scenario of two lovers meeting at night and expands it to where it seems the two lovers never meet, which reveals the beauty and the power of love.Show More Like paint to a canvas and sounds to music, words constructed in order create a beautiful piece of art called poetry that attempts to instill a piece of life in the reader using the word choices and order. Line 11 is that moment where the anticipated response comes through and the spark between them is ignited making them both nervous and happy at the same time. Line 7 is prolonged because Browning continues to implement that feeling of “I can’t wait to see my love and now I have to walk a mile along the beach!” The mood, as I said earlier, really is anticipation for the meeting that will happen after these obstacles are conquered. In this poem there are two 10 syllable lines, “Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach” (line 7) and the other line which states “And a voice less loud through its joys and fears” (line 11). That intimacy felt between them brings out the same feeling however you can tell that ultimately this is what they both wanted and what they both miss so much. The response of the lover inside is both “joy and fear” (line 11) of the lovers presence because someone might find out about their meeting at night when clearly no one is out. Here it really makes you listen and feel excited that something between two people is happening without anyone else knowing. When the person finally reaches the window of the farmhouse, their “quick sharp scratch,” all stressed, evokes the “blue spurt of a lighted match” (lines 9-10). He puts a stress on the “ mile of warm sea-scented beach” (line 7) and “ Three fields to cross till a farm appears” (line 8). He is very specific with the time it takes to get from point A to point B. If you have ever encountered slushy sand, I would imagine that you can’t move as fast as you want to, which again addresses this “long” period of time. When Browning moves to how “i’ the slushy sand” “quench its speed” (line 6), he is mainly talking about how the sand slows down the lovers movements. The next couple of lines which talk about the “yellow half moon large and low” (line 2) with the “startled little waves that leap” (line 3) both start with “And the.” These words are both unstressed thus giving the poem a little bit of a faster pace just like the heart of the lover. Beginning at “long black land” (line 1), all of which are stressed, really forces you to feel the anticipation the lover has inside with an eight syllable line. The imagery is truly phenomenal because it really grasps that feeling of walking towards a loved one’s home. One lover is traveling the beach’s water and sand and the travels three fields to ultimately come in contact.
Robert Browning depicts two lovers who have a special secret meeting at night.