Use analysis of specific textual passages to support your interpretation.
Explain the conflict between claims of universal human rights and the functioning of state sovereignty.
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August 5, 2017Please read the poem “These Wintry Sundays” by Robert Hayden and compose a well-written, thesis driven explication of this poem in which you attempt to defend your interpretation of the poem’s meaning.
Your first task for this essay should be to compose a thesis statement that presents clearly to the reader your interpretive stance. However, you should articulate it in the introduction as clearly and specifically as possible.
In the body of the essay, you will use analysis of specific textual passages to support your interpretation. Your analyses can focus on meaning, of course, but they might also be attentive to specific formal choices of the poet, including diction, syntax, rhyme, meter, or stanzaic structure.
Link for the poem:
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19217
