Morning Song
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"Morning Song" is a poem by Sylvia Plath that reflects on the complex emotions of new motherhood, blending tenderness with alienation in her characteristically vivid, confessional style.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | Sylvia Plath ⓘ |
| collectedIn | The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
distance between mother and child
ⓘ
selfhood after childbirth ⓘ transition into motherhood ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| focusesOn | emotional response to childbirth ⓘ |
| genre | confessional poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm | lyric poem ⓘ |
| imagery |
moon imagery
ⓘ
song and voice imagery ⓘ statue imagery ⓘ watch imagery ⓘ |
| includedIn | Ariel ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCount | 18 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Confessionalism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| meter | free verse ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| openingLine | Love set you going like a fat gold watch. ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookAppearance | Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| setting | domestic interior ⓘ |
| stanzaCount | 6 ⓘ |
| style |
confessional
ⓘ
vivid imagery ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
new mother
ⓘ
newborn child ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
anxiety ⓘ identity ⓘ maternal love ⓘ motherhood ⓘ postpartum emotions ⓘ |
| tone |
ambivalent
ⓘ
intimate ⓘ tender ⓘ |
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