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Emotional Appeal To Pathos In Those Winter Sundays By Robert Hayden

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Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden appeals to pathos by using an emotional appeal to regret, fear, and bitterness because that is what the child feels. The father is making a sacrifice to not spend time with his family in order to work and be able to provide for them. The claim is loneliness because the child feels lonely due to his father not being around because he goes to work all the time.
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