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An Explication of “Those Winter Sundays” “Those Winter Sundays,” by Robert Hayden talks about a relationship between a father and son. It describes a father who worked until his “cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather” and was never thanked. The cracked hands symbolize the hard work this father was willing to go through for the love of his family. Hayden discusses many reasons for the father not being praised for his hard work. The speaker describes a typical winter Sunday for his father who never had a day off. The speaker’s father showed his love for his son by the work he did for him. The father awakes early every day of the week to work, and even on Sunday needs to work to keep the house warm. “Sundays too my father got up early…” The speaker remembers waking to hear the “cold splintering, breaking.” This is an auditory symbol the speaker refers to because he remembers the power his father possessed, being able to “break” the cold, and “drive it out” for the love of his family. The father would then call the rest of the sleeping family to get up. The spea