Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden
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- Q1What is the title of the poem?Winter MorningsSundays in WinterThe Cold Winter DaysThose Winter Sundays30s
- Q2What is the poem about?The joys of winter sportsThe relationship between a father and sonThe beauty of winter landscapesThe struggle for survival in extreme cold30s
- Q3What does the speaker say his father used to do on cold winter mornings?Go out for a morning jogRead the newspaper in front of the fireGet up early to start fires and polish shoesSleep in and make him do it30s
- Q4What does the speaker say his father's hands looked like?Smooth and softCracked and achingStrong and callousedDirty and grimy30s
- Q5What does the speaker say he used to do in response to his father's actions?NothingThank him profuselyComplain about the coldAvoid him30s
- Q6What does the speaker say he has come to realize about his father?That he had high expectations that were impossible to meetThat he was abusive and cruelThat he was distant and unlovingThat he loved him despite his stern demeanor30s
- Q7What literary device is used in the line 'cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather'?AlliterationSimileHyperboleMetaphor30s
- Q8What does the speaker compare the sound of his father's voice to?The babbling of a brookThunder on a stormy nightThe sound of a banked fireThe chirping of birds in the morning30s
- Q9What is the tone of the poem?Regretful and nostalgicAngry and resentfulHopeful and optimisticHumble and grateful30s