In the first stanza the reader automatically can paint a picture in his or her own head a possible image Hayden wants to get across. For example, "Sundays

Overall this one possible theme of love is strong in "Those Winter Sundays". From the start of the poem to the end the narrator learns how caring his father really is. "Father" can only show is love threw actions, not language. Thus a possible theme of this poem is love that is unmentioned.

too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold" paints a vivid picture (1-2). Blue and black can both be possible symbols of death and coldness or possibly water to the reader. Early in the morning when the sky is still a majestic dark blue color the ocean appears to be a black abyss. Hayden continues to describe "father's" aching hands from labor in the weekday weather (3). I believe that Hayden is portraying an older aged man who supports his family as a fisherman. This explains why the narrator says "Sundays too my father got up early", a fisherman has to get early to beat out any other competitors (1-2).

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Approximate Word count = 632
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)