What Is The Tone Of Those Winter Sundays

parental love need not be shown in obvious ways, it can be shown in the simplest forms but it may be hard to notice or appreciate it at the time it is given, but is always there. In “those winter Sundays,” Robert Hayden stated a lot with very few words. Hayden’s ability to incorporate a lot of meanings to his word, and paint pictures in the minds of his audience, of his dedicated father and his family who showed no gratitude to him was possible due to brilliant use of imagery, metaphor and sound. Lines such as “cracked hands that ache from labor, and polished my good shoes as well,” (Schakel, Ridi 572) invoke thoughts in the mind of the reader of the dedication of his father. However, they don't value his acts of good will, nor did they give him any credit. In many cases, we glance back at one point in our lives with lament. We feel that had it been, we had shown some gratitude, to this one person, our conscience won’t be so hard on us today. This was what Hayden was dealing with. He utilized one event in his life to depict his dad's whole association with him. This was written to show how he was
At first, the poem is by all accounts just about Hayden recalling that nobody said anything to his father in regards to keeping the house warm. The house was filled with anger based on the tone and words. The word chronic I think represents persevering, and a determined father. This outrage apparently, was an ongoing issue in the house. Rather than saying the house, Hayden wrote "that house." This expression likewise underscores that the child and Hayden, who was then speaker and the present speaker separated themselves from the house that had so much anger or hatred. Hayden does not simply dread the chronic anger, rather he fears it. This demonstrates that there might have been shouting. Hayden's choice of words helped emphasize the tone of the