"Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden

I chose this poem because the title reminded me of deer hunting on the weekend since it is always winter. When I annotated the poem, I focused on the writers use of adjectives to emphasize a certain feeling. The author repeats words like cold, early, morning, labor, splintering, breaking and cracked that are harsh words which make a vivid image in the readers mind.

I also noticed how the author makes the main character seem lonely and unrecognized for his time and effort. The man wakes up every morning and repeats the same pattern of getting dressed and working. The weather is so cold all the time that his hands are chapped and chronically sore from cutting the wood in the cold. The point seems to be that the father is very nice and works hard for his families happiness.