Robert Hayden's Poem, Those Winter Sundays
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In Robert HaydenÆs poem Those Winter Sundays, we are told of the Sunday morning ritual of a son and his father from the sonÆs perspective. Through a variety of imagery, we see that the father is hardworking, has sacrificed his life to provide for his familyÆs comfort, and is all too often unappreciated by those for who he sacrifices. The father in this poem is revealed to us through various images. He is the firs to rise in the freezing cold house on Sunday mornings, a house that is pervaded by ôblueblack coldö (Hayden 1966, 1). The fatherÆs is a man who has worked hard to provide for his family, as despite his ôcracked handsö that ôachedö from his ôlabourö he still rekindles the fire to warm the house for his family (Hayden 1966, 1). Despite these sacrifices, we are told by the speaker,
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