Robert Hayden
Lesson plans for "Those Winter Sundays," more

Robert Hayden
Biography and links to the text of "Those Winter Sundays" and an audiofile of the author reading "Soledad."

Robert Hayden
Links to a dozen poems.

Analyzing Poetic Devices: Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays" and Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz"
Students will study both the content and the form of these two poems, closely analyzing how each poem's use of poetic devices helps to convey and emphasize the poem's meaning.

Overview: "Those Winter Sundays"
Explication of the poem.

Locked in with Loss
This page includes the text of several poems and suggests approaches. It concludes with examining Hayden's revision process.

"Poetry Out Loud" Winner Reads "Frederick Douglass"
Follow the link to an audiofile of high school student Shawntay Henry reciting Hayden's "Frederick Douglass."

Robert Hayden, Full of Grace
A lesson using Robert Hayden's poem "Frederick Douglass."

"Those Winter Sundays"
An approach to analyzing the poem.