Hayden's+Higher+Purpose

Robert E. Haydens higher purpose for this poems was both to thank his father for all the things he did for him, and to apologize for the indifferent way he acted towards his father. Haydens father got up in the morning before sunrise to warm the house, this warm showed the love he had for his son. This poems purpose is to give back the love that he never thanked his dad for when he did these nice things. In the second to last line Hayden explains that when he was young he knew nothing of love at the time, and essentially apologizes for his actions. In Robert E. Haydens "Those Winter Sundays" he thanks his father for all that he did for him, and apologizes for the way that he acted even when his father did those nice things for him.