The poem talks of the past. The speaker did not appreciate his father as he should have. His father cared deeply for him and he was not thanked. The father even shined the son’s shoes and was not thanked for it. The father also worked to light other people’s fire and was never thanked. The father must have a hard life because they describe his hand as rough. He also has to wake up early in the morning to warm his house. “What did I know, what did I know” (Hayden 782). This shows how the son does not appreciate his father. The line also shows that he now realizes that he should have appreciated his father more. This poem seems to say that people should appreciate their parents more.
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