In “Those Winter Sundays," by Robert Hayden, the character is reminiscing about his childhood. He is remembering how his father would get up every morning, even on Sundays, to heat up the house for his family. He remembers how no one thanked his father for all the things he did and how he use to speak indifferently to him (Hayden). Children don't thank their parent or parents for the things they do or have done for them until they get older. The character after many years is appreciating his father the little things he did, he expresses this through, imagery, tone and setting. Hayden uses imagery in his throughout his poem. He used words like “blueblack,” “banked fires blaze,” and “cold splintering," and breaking." By using a word like “blueblack” to represent how cold the house was, the reader can imagine the dark sky from the early morning and darkness throughout in the house making the cold feel that much bitter. He emphasizes the cold so the reader can appreciate the fact the father gets up to start a fire before his family awakens. Hayden's use of words like, “banked fire blaze” and “cold splintering”, helps the reader imagine and feel the warmth that comes from the fire; to hear and see the embers that are floating above the fire. The use of words could also play as the father was the warmth of the house, the structure to the family. Hayden uses ‘too’ to emphasize that the father does this every morning “Sundays too”. The description of the characters father, lines 3 and 4, “with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather made”, Hayden helps show that the father worked hard every day; rain or shine. Hayden's use of imagery is throughout the poem helps the reader to understand the way the character viewed his father. Hayden uses different tones throughout his poem. He expresses anger between the speaker and his father with lines 9and 10 (Hayden). “Fearing the chronic angers of t