Robert Hayden Is Set at a Time

¶ … Robert Hayden is set at a time during the cold climates. However, despite the time frame in which the poem was set, the poem is still applicable to situations not properly set in the cold days of living. What the poet, Robert Hayden, points out is that the labor that the narrator's father expends just to be able to make a well made fire to get out the cold in their home. The cold atmosphere in which the poem is set is not only literal, but also symbolic.

The cold atmosphere that the narrator experiences and his father try to eliminate in their house is an analogy to the cold treatment that the narrator gives to his father. Despite the work the narrator's father had done just to make the house warmer, the narrator, not even a member of his family, did not thank him for his effort.

The poet justifies the cold treatment that he gives to his father by saying: "What did I know / of love's austere and lonely office?" This statement results to the lonely end of the poem and the situation the poet and his after was in. Thus, the poem 'Those Winter Sundays" illustrates not only the winter Sundays that the poet's father had, but it is also a reflection of the poet's relationship with his father.

The poem "Catch" by Robert Francis is a poem that describes effectively the process that an individual goes through as he 'tries' to catch the essence of a poem ("tossing a poem together"). Francis describes the process of trying to understand the poem as somewhat complicated, describing it as a process that involves "overhand, underhand, backhand, sleight-of-hand.. high, make him fly off the ground for it, low, make him stoop" (lines 2 and 4).

The said words effectively describes the process of understanding a poem, wherein comprehension and finding the meaning of the poem can be easily understood, or may be too deep for a direct understanding. Thus, the poem points to us that poem comprehension is like a game of 'catch,' and careful analysis must be made to understand the literary work. The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop is a good example of a poem about second chances and survival.

The poem starts with the description of the poet about a "tremendous fish" that she had caught, and noted the lack of 'stubbornness' on the fish's part: "He didn't fight/He hadn't fought at all." These lines can be explained later, after the poet had finished describing the physical and sorry appearance of the "tremendous fish." We us readers will later learn that the fish had actually been into the same situation he was in now (that of being caught in a hook) and this was illustrated in Bishop's surprise when she saw that "..

from his lower lip.. hung five old pieces of fish- line.. with all their five big hooks / grown firmly in his mouth." These lines in the poem illustrate that the fish is a survivor in a world where their kind is always victimized, and that its failure to react, or its decision not to react, means that the fish is anticipating its 'fate' from its new 'owner.' Thus, "The Fish" by E.

Bishop talks about survival, toughness in trying to survive for life, and the great anticipation of death after the numerous impending deaths that has happened to the poor creature -- the fish. 4. "Manners" by Elizabeth Bishop talks about.