Ananalysisofthepoem“ThoseWinterSundays”Abstract:Thebeautyofthepoemintheirlinguisticfeaturesincludingphonologicalfeatures,soundeffectsandfiguresofspeech.ThispaperisgongtoanalyzethesefeaturesinapoemwrittenbyRobertHayden---ThoseWinterSundays.Keywords:RobertHayden,phonological,soundeffectsandfiguresofspeech.Abouttheauthor:RobertHayden(1913—1980).HaydenisanAfricanAmericanpoet,essayist,andeducator.HewasappointedConsultantinPoetrytotheLibraryofCongressin1976.HehadeverstudiedinWayneStateUniversity（1936）andtheUniversityofMichigan(1944)whichhetaughtinfrom1969tohisdeathin1980.HisnotableworksareHeart-ShapeintheDust(1940),FigureofTime(1955),ErmaInezMorrisandFrederickDouglass.Aboutthepoem:Thispoemconsistsofthreequatrains,whichisafourteen-linelyricpoeminfreeverse...In"ThoseWinterSundays,"anadultspeakerpresentsmemoriesofhowhisfatherexpressedloveforhimthroughhisactions.Inparticular,thespeakerremembersthathisfatherroseveryearlyonSundaymorningstostokethefurnacefire.Onlywhenthehousewaswarmdidheawakenhissontodress.Thetoneisemotional,regretful...Line12notesthatthefatheralsopolishedhisson's"goodshoes,"indicatingthathewillbetakingorsendinghissontochurch.(Whereelsewouldachildwearhis"goodshoes"onSundaybuttochurch?)Thus,thefathertakesseriouslythemoralupbringingofhisboy.Thisisveryemotional.Thephrase"chronicangers"inline9isopentointerpretation.Itcouldmeanthatsternlyscoldshissonfromtimetotimeorthatargumentsarecommonplaceinthehousehold.Itseemsclear,though,thatheisagoodfather.HeaccomplisheshisSundaytaskswithaching,skin-crackedhandssubjectedduringtheweektothefiercecoldheenduresonthejob.Thelasttwostanzasshowusthattheson’srealizationforhisfather’slove...Theadultspeakerregretsnowthathenevertookthetimetothankhisfatherforhisconcernandlove.Fromhere,wecanseethetoneofregret.Majorthemeofthepoem：Love：father’sunspokenloveforhissonaswellasforthefamily........Whenthefatherstokesthefurnacefire,heisalsostokingthefireofloveforhissonandanyotherfamilymembersinthehouse.Thewarmthofthecoalfirebecomest