A presentation about Robert Hayden

1. WELCOME

2. THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS
- ROBERT HAYDEN
SUBMITTED BY,
SWATHY.S.NAIR
ENGLISH OPTION

3. THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS
Sundays too my father got up early
and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,
then with cracked hands that ached
from labour in the weekday weather made
banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him.
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 that house,
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?
ROBERT
HAYDEN

4. ROBERT HAYDEN
Born : 4 August, 1913
Died : 25 February
1980
Occupation : Poet, essayist &
educator
Nationality : United States
Notable Works : Heart Shape in
the
Dust, A Ballad of
Rememberance.
Notable Awards : Consultant in Poetry
to the Library of Congress
(US Poet Laureate) ,1976-78

5. VISUAL IMAGES FROM THE POEM
BBBCCBANKED FIRES BLAZE
CRACKED HANDS
CHRONIC
ANGERS

6. GLOSSARY
Cracked – breaked
There is crack in the cup
Ache – Prolonger pain
I have got a bit of an ache in my back
Blaze – Burn with a bright
Lights were blazing in every room
Austere–without comfort or enjoyment
The monks led an austere life in the mountains