Sylvia Plath - Morning Song

Sylvia Plath - Morning Song

1. Themes

   • Dedication
     • "One cry, and i stumble from bed, cow-heavy"
   • Struggles
     • "We stand around as blankly as walls"
       • confuses, inexperience as a mother
   • Celebration of Life
     • "the clear vowels rise like balloons"
       • shows absolute love for child.(vowels crying)
   • Inadequate
     • "We stand around as blankly as walls"
     • "I'm no more your mother"
   • Depression
     • "I'm no more your mother"

2. Techniques

   • Onomatopia
     • ""Our voices echo"
     • "Midwife slapped your footsoles"
     • effect: Brings scene alive

3. Imagery

   • Fat precious baby, conceived in love,
     • "Love set you going like a fat gold watch"
       • Watch standing for time, ticking of heart,
   • The entering of new life into the world
     • "took it's place among the elements"
   • of a child as a artwork
     • "New statue"
       • Amazement at new child, unique description
   • Helplessness of adults
     • "we stand round blankly as walls"
   • of babies breath
     • "your moth-breath"
   • maternal instincts
     • "A far sea move in my ear"
       • mother knows when babies crying
   • Beautiful image of tears
     • "The clear vowels rise like balloons"

4. Key Quotes

   • "Love set you going like a fat gold watch"
     • Gold-value, watch-futility
   • "New Statue"
   • "Your nakedness Shadows our safety"
   • "We stand around as blankly as walls"
   • "All night your moth-breath"
   • "A far sea moves in my ear"
   • "One cry, and i stumble from bed, cow-heavy"
   • "Your moth opens clean as a cat's"
   • "Your handful of notes; The clear vowels rise like balloons"

5. Context of peom

   • Morning- the early life of newborn Frieda Hughes.
   • Song-the celebration.