The author uses diction also to illustrate the speaker’s feelings of regret. In the first stanza the author says, “Sundays too my father got up early,” which shows that the father even works on the day that most people rest. The word “too” shows that the father woke up early every other day of the week, even on Sunday. “No one ever thanked him” seems to point at the regret the speaker feels for his actions. The use of past tense in the word “thanked” shows that he is looking back to something in his life. Later in the speaker’s life, he was aware that his father should have been appreciated, but not during the time the events took
The author uses diction also to illustrate the speaker’s feelings of regret. In the first stanza the author says, “Sundays too my father got up early,” which shows that the father even works on the day that most people rest. The word “too” shows that the father woke up early every other day of the week, even on Sunday. “No one ever thanked him” seems to point at the regret the speaker feels for his actions. The use of past tense in the word “thanked” shows that he is looking back to something in his life. Later in the speaker’s life, he was aware that his father should have been appreciated, but not during the time the events took