I selected this poem by Robert Hayden because it reminded me of a time when I was young, that my hard-working father rose early each morning, at the dawn of a new day to stoke the wood stove that we used for heat duri

Hayden uses a metaphor when he calls the early winter morning, "blueblack cold," in line two. He again uses metaphor as he describes hearing "the cold splintering, breaking," in line six of the poem to portray the crackling fire as the wood heats and the cold room gives way to warmth. Using personification, Line 9 of the poem gives the human characteristic of chronic anger to the house as he says, "fearing the chronic angers of that house." He again uses personification in line 14 when describing love's simple service as lonely when he states, "Of love's austere and lonely offices."

ng the cold winter months. I was young and did not appreciate his self-sacrifice in order that we could enjoy rising to the warmth of a warm house.

Although it t

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