Morning Song — Key Facts
General
- Author★
- Sylvia Plath
- Genre★
- Confessional lyric poem
- Tone
- Distant, then slowly warm and wondering
Dates
- Year written
- 1961
- Year published★
- 1965
- Time setting
- Birth night through early morning
Locations
- Primary setting
- Home; bedroom and nursery
People
- Protagonist★
- The mother (speaker)
- Narrator and POV★
- First person; the mother
Structure
- Verse form
- Free verse
- Stanza structure
- Six tercets (three-line stanzas)
- Climax★
- Baby's voice rises like balloons at dawn
- Major conflict★
- Mother feels distant yet drawn to her baby
Themes
- New motherhood★
- Identity and selfhood
- Nature and new life
- Wonder and fear