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Those Winter Sundays By Robert Hayden

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In the poem “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden, a winter morning is described in his house, where his father wakes up before everyone else and makes sure the house is warm for the other members of his family. Winter is used by the poet in such a way that makes the poet’s father seem to be going through a lot of trouble for his family, even though “no one ever thanked him” (Hayden 9). This can be described as using a season in a traditional way due to the meaning of winter in literature. Winter can symbolize lack of growth. This relates to the poem because the narrator does not “grow up” and thank his father for acting selflessly, or even help his father

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