Those Winter Sundays~#10

Hayden includes detailed imagery throughout the poem. "The blueblack cold" and "cracked hands that ached from labor" give the reader the sense of something dark, cold, negative. "Chronic angers" give the sensation of an unhappy lifestyle. "The cold splintering, breaking," makes the reader see a lifeless and painful home. The cumulative effect of this imagery paints a picture for the reader. The reader can imagine a cold, dark, and unhappy lifestyle of a man, who in turn inflicts fear on his children. Hayden allows the reader to experience the man's loneliness and anger. This imagery also demonstrates this lonely and angry tone.