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

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 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

What do you think the gist of the poem might be?

What does the father do in the poem?

What does this show about what the father cares about?

What does this show about what the narrator cares about?