Hayden’s poem “Those Winter Sundays” the speaker is a grown up man who reminds on his childhood relationship with his father. The speaker feels like he is divided in two; the child who is afraid of his dad and in the other hand, the adult who looks back at him with love, appreciation, and understanding. As an adult, he recognized his father’s job, in and out of his home as a form of love. He now sees it, because he is a gown up and is completely matured. The speaker is telling us that his father every Sunday get up early to light fires in the fireplace to warm up their home. When the house was warm he awaken his son to dress. “When the rooms were warm, he’d call, / and slowly I would rise and dress”(Line 7-8). The speaker regrets that he never
