Those Winter Sundays

Why is the multiple meaning of the word OFFICES in line 14 important to the poem?

• It refers to both a duty and a service done for others
• It conveys the father's mixed emotions
• it refers to a place and an executive position
• it indicates the size of the speaker's house

In line 5, the sentence " No one ever thanked him", suggests the poem explores the theme of

• uninformed judgement
• domestic problems
• suppressed excitement
• belated gratitude

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The poem's setting is important because it helps contrast - extra credit

• The family's physical closeness and emotional distance
• The opinions of the hardworking father and the lazy child
• Th presence of the father and the absence of the mother
• The different values of the siblings in  the family

The tone of the poem can be described as

• carefree
• optimistic
• self righteous
• regretful

The author begins a new stanza in line 6 most liekly to show a shift from

• The distant past to the immediate future
• literal language to figurative language
• a focus on the father to a focus on the speaker
• an uncritical attitude to a self critical attitude

I'd wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking.
When the rooms were warm, he'd call
and slowly I would rise and dress
fearing the chronic angers of that house
What is the tone of the lines?

• Happiness
• Warmth
• Apprehensive
• Fearful

What emotion is expressed in the last two lines?

• appreciation
• embarrassment
  
• reflection
• regret