Those Winter Sundays

In the poem Those Winter Sundays, I believe it would not make a difference if the character was a male or female, since I believe the character of the story is a young child. Additionally, a young female or male child could narrate the details of the poem, and its meaning would remain unchanged by the gender, since the details only perceive a young child trying to grasp his or hers dad’s role in their life.
I interpreted the structure of the poem, as a young child realizing his father’s effort to maintain a family. The character realizes his father is restless and wakes up every morning to build a fire that warms up the house, here speaker takes in to account that his father creates safety for him and his family. In addition, the speaker feels