Morning Song Flashcards
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”
