In the poems "Digging," by Seamus Heaney and "Those Winter Sundays," by Robert Hayden, both write about their father in reflective poems about childhood. ... Heaney and Hayden narrate the poem, using nostalgia to paint the overall picture in the readers head. ... Robert Hayden writes about when he was a young boy watching his father go to work every day.  ... Robert Hayden's lesson is that he learned how lonely his father really felt. ... Hayden's realization of how his fathers austere office, gains an aspiration to appreciate his father more....

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