Hayden Brilliance- My thoughts on a poem

     In Robert Hayden’s poem, “Those Lonely Winter Sunday”, a father’s love and commitment for his son is expressed through the example of getting up early to warm the house before his son gets up. In the second stanza, however, there seems to be an underlying negative tone that conflicts with the loving action being described in the first stanza. For instance, the speaker -after being beckoned to get up and get ready- takes his time changing his clothes, and ‘fears the chronic angers.’