"Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden is a poem about a man recalling how his father use to get up early after along hard week of work to fix the fire to show his love to his family. The man recalling the past has contrasting attitudes about his fathers love. When the man was young he thought his father did not love him because he did not show any affection but his father showed his love in other ways. Throughout "Those Winter Sundays" Haden uses a lot of imagery to help you visualize what the father went through for his family and you can feel from the atmosphere in this poem how the man's feelings have changed over the years about his love towards his father.

It is obvious the father was a very hard worker by the line "with cracked hands that ached from labor in weekday weather." Even though he worked long hard day

All through "Those Winter Sundays" Hayden makes you feel like you are actually in the home waking up to the coldness in the home in this poem. Hayden also makes you feel sorrow or regret as if you have never thanked your father or parents for what they have done for you. Hayden shows that you can have contrasting attitudes on certain things like love or relationships over time; and that if you have something important to say to someone you should just come out and say it because they may not always be there to hear it.

s all week long he still got up early on his day off in the "Blueblack cold" to fix the fire. The father may not have hugged, Kissed, or told his son he loved him; but he showed it in different ways. It is more important sometimes to show your love in actions than words. To say I love you, who knows if you are telling the truth. But if someone goes out of their way to pro

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Approximate Word count = 605
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)