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What literary device is used to showcase adulation for the new child?
What literary device is used to showcase adulation for the new child?
What does the poem 'Morning Song' explore besides the celebration of Frieda's birth?
What does the poem 'Morning Song' explore besides the celebration of Frieda's birth?
What is the central theme underlying the poem?
What is the central theme underlying the poem?
What does the 'moth-breath' imagery in the poem convey?
What does the 'moth-breath' imagery in the poem convey?
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What is the significance of the 'flat pink roses' in the poem?
What is the significance of the 'flat pink roses' in the poem?
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What does the speaker's self-depiction in the 'Victorian nightgown' convey?
What does the speaker's self-depiction in the 'Victorian nightgown' convey?
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Study Notes
Morning Song by Sylvia Plath
Themes and Ideas
- Celebration of Frieda's birth and the effect of a child's birth on parents
- Maternal love and womanhood
- Feminine identity and insecurity
- Consideration of new life and identity changes
Style
- Expert use of figurative language (simile, metaphor, conceit)
- Every stanza is a tercet (three lines)
- Carefully placed caesura for reflection
- Imagery (auditory, visual, kinesthetic)
Key Quotes and Analysis
- "Love set you going like a fat gold watch" - Original painterly simile, warm and inclusive sentiment
- "Our voices echo, magnifying your arrival. New statue." - Comparing the baby to a "new statue", reverential parents, anxiety
- "I'm no more your mother Than the cloud that distills a mirror to reflect its own slow Effacement at the wind's hand." - Profound conceit, theme of identity change, "effacement" of old self
- "All night your moth-breath Flickers among the flat pink roses." - Maternal instinct, kinesthetic imagery, delicacy
- "One cry, and I stumble from bed, cow-heavy and floral In my Victorian nightgown." - Honest self-depiction, candid maternal image
- "Whitens and swallows its dull stars. And now you try Your handful of notes;" - Euphonic assonance, love for daughter, gifting a joyous start to womanhood
Morning Song by Sylvia Plath
Themes and Ideas
- Celebration of Frieda's birth and the effect of a child's birth on parents
- Maternal love and womanhood
- Feminine identity and insecurity
- Consideration of new life and identity changes
Style
- Expert use of figurative language (simile, metaphor, conceit)
- Every stanza is a tercet (three lines)
- Carefully placed caesura for reflection
- Imagery (auditory, visual, kinesthetic)
Key Quotes and Analysis
- "Love set you going like a fat gold watch" - Original painterly simile, warm and inclusive sentiment
- "Our voices echo, magnifying your arrival. New statue." - Comparing the baby to a "new statue", reverential parents, anxiety
- "I'm no more your mother Than the cloud that distills a mirror to reflect its own slow Effacement at the wind's hand." - Profound conceit, theme of identity change, "effacement" of old self
- "All night your moth-breath Flickers among the flat pink roses." - Maternal instinct, kinesthetic imagery, delicacy
- "One cry, and I stumble from bed, cow-heavy and floral In my Victorian nightgown." - Honest self-depiction, candid maternal image
- "Whitens and swallows its dull stars. And now you try Your handful of notes;" - Euphonic assonance, love for daughter, gifting a joyous start to womanhood
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Delve into the world of poetry with this quiz on Sylvia Plath's Morning Song, exploring its themes, style, and literary devices.
