Morning Song Flashcards
(19 cards)
Who Writes Morning Song?
Sylvia Path
Main theme of the poem?
Maternal Love
Hate
How is the theme of maternal love portrayed throughout the poem
There is a sense of unattachment towards her newborn baby throughout the poem, but towards the end she beings to feel close.
Two poems used for comparasion?
Long Distance ii
Love & Friendship
Quote 1, Stanza 1, Line 1:
“Love set you going like a fat gold watch.”
“Love set you going like a fat gold watch.” - Quote 1, Stanza 1, Line 1:
SIMILE - Fat gold watch, mechanical description to the baby rather then a personal attachment
Quote 2, Stanza 3, Line 1:
“I’m no more your mother”
I’m no more your mother” - Quote 2, Stanza 3, Line 1:
Her physical and emotional detachment towards the baby. Signs of Post- Parntneum depression.
Quote 3, Stanza 3, Line 3:
“Effacement”
“Effacement” - Quote 3, Stanza 3, Line 3:
Wiped away, The baby is making her feel old. “eliminated, reduced to nothing”
Quote 4, Stanza 4, Line 2:
“Flickers among the flat pink roses. I wake to listen”
“Flickers among the flat pink roses. I wake to listen” - Quote 4, Stanza 4, Line 2
Gentle imagery towards the baby, she is starting to grow to love the baby.
Quote 5, Stanza 5, Line 2:
“In my Victorian nightgown”
“In my Victorian nightgown” - Quote 5, Stanza 5, Line 2:
This shows how she is giving into her victorian women stereotype.
Quote 6, Stanza 6, Line 1:
“It’s dull stars”
“It’s dull stars” - Quote 6, Stanza 6, Line 1:
Her detachment towards the baby. The baby may not be the main focus
Quote 7, Stanza 6, Line 3:
“The clear vowels rise like balloons”
The clear vowels rise like balloons - Quote 7, Stanza 6, Line 3
In the final line of the poem, she finds beauty in the baby’s cry, a sense of attachment towards the baby.
Structure:
6 stanzas
Use of metaphors and sound imagery repeated alot
