I really liked this poem the first time I read it. I really think that the tactile imagery of “and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,” and auditory imagery of “hear the cold splintering, breaking,” really made the poem memorable. The poem is essentially about a father that did everything for his children, he would get up in the early morning and start the wood stove before his children, and it says that he worked for their family. It is also implied that there is a mother of wife absent from the picture because the father is doing all of the work, but because of the ambiguity of the poem we can’t really tell. This poem is in the perspective of an older, wiser person, looking back on their childhood with more knowledge and understanding of their father’s situation. I think that it really shows the innocence of a child and the way children regard adult relationships and the way adults act. The child had acted somewhat mean towards the father, “speaking indifferently to him” even though he done all that he could for their family. In a way I think that the father was very lonely because of the last line that says “lonely offices?” In this poem offices mean duties, so it is very solemn to me when they say lonely duties because yes, people have an obligation to their children, but often times they do not have to do these duties on their own.
I chose this picture because of the solemn atmosphere of the picture, and because it portrays a very cold winter day.
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