Morning Song : Quotations
Morning Song is a notable literary work by Sylvia Plath. A complete discussion of this literary work is given, which will help you enhance your literary skills and prepare for the exam. Read the Main texts, Key info, Summary, Themes, Characters, Literary devices, Quotations, Notes, and various study materials of Morning Song.
Quotations
Quotes
“Love set you going like a fat gold watch.”
Here, the mother compares her baby to a beautiful gold watch. She sees her baby as a beautiful object. It means she still does not feel an emotional connection with her baby.
“Our voices echo, magnifying your arrival.”
The echo of the parents’ voices seems like beautiful music that welcomes the baby.
“I’m no more your mother
Than the cloud that distills a mirror…”
The mother compares her to a distant cloud. A cloud is a distant thing. This comparison implies that the speaker (mother) is feeling detached and distant from her baby.
“I wake to listen:
A far sea moves in my ear.”
The mother compares the sound of her baby’s breathing to the sound of a far sea, calm and continuous. It means she is loving the baby. She has started to feel emotional connection with the baby.
“One cry, and I stumble from bed, cow-heavy…”
The mother is taking care of her baby. Now she has her maternal instincts to nurture the baby.
“And now you try
Your handful of notes;”
The baby’s first sounds are compared to musical notes. As if the baby is an untrained singer trying its first notes. The mother imagines her baby is trying to communicate with her.