Those Winter Sundays

This poem is negative and depressing. "early.... blueblack cold... no one ever thanked him." ( Hayden) This poem introduces a father who works exceptionally hard to keep his family alive, and is not thanked. The cold, wintry adjectives cause the reader to feel sympathy for the suffering man.

The second paragraph, however, makes the reader feel bad for the child, and not the father. "Chronic angers?" Could this be representing abuse or addiction? this would explain why the father is not readily thanked, but as interpreters we can not assume this.