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Discuss The Use Of Imagery In Those Winter Sundays

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Love's Austere and Lonely Offices; Uses of Imagery
The visual and tactile imagery in Those Winter Sundays shows realization to the narrator to bring a tangible feel to the reader's words. In this poem the father loved in an indifferent way which the narrator later in life understands that his dad did truly love him he just was not greatest at showing his love. From the start, the relationship between the narrator and his father is bad and dark. But throughout the poem the words contrast to a brighter consciousness to his father’s love. With a close examination with visual and tactile imagery Robert Hayden allows the narrator to realize and mature his view of his father’s love as he grows older.
The color changing differences in this poem bring

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