Robert Hayden
Lesson plans for "Those Winter Sundays," more
Biography and links to the text of "Those Winter Sundays" and an audiofile of the author reading "Soledad."
Links to a dozen poems.
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.
Follow the link to an audiofile of high school student Shawntay Henry reciting Hayden's "Frederick Douglass."
Students use the poem to explore imagery. Follow the link provided for thorough analysis.
Poetry Out Loud contestant Youssef Biaz recites the poem in this video.
In this YouTube video (9:25), a classroom teacher introduces the poem, then reads and analyzes it.