These Winter Sundays by Robert HaydenThese Winter Sundays written by Robert Hayden is a poem to think about for a while. The poem may seem simple, but analyzing it in depth shows that it is complicated with a definite feeling of lack of appreciation and sorrow towards his father. These feelings will change until the end of the poem. Furthermore, the poem can be understood in different ways: one could be a positive feeling of the writer towards his father, the other could be a complaint about his father's harshness. The choice of words used by Robert Hayden is not complicated, making it easy to read and understand at first glance and producing images of darkness and cold transforming into warmth and light. The theme of the poem is about a son who did not appreciate what his father did for him every day. and never thanked his father for it. The central meaning of the poem can be understood either negatively or positively towards the father. The child would weaken by fearing the father because of his harshness "and ...