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Ellen AO2- Language analysis and use of quotations

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Ellen AO2- Language analysis and use of quotations

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Abstract vocabulary and Lyric poetry are two glossary terms which can be used to analyse Morning Song. Abstract vocabulary (Vocabularly which refers to things which do not physically exist) is shown with the first line of Morning Song, where Plath refers to 'Love set you going'. Lyric Poetry (Poetry which expresses an individual's thoughts and feelings) is also shown in Morning Song. The line 'I'm no more your mother', shows Plath's true and deepened feelings towards the baby she has created, and we are allowed to explore her emotions.

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The juxtaposition between the abstract noun "love" and the concrete noun "gold watch" in the line "Love set you going like a fat gold watch" creates a contrast between the material and the natural word.

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'Morning Song' on a literal level can be interpretated as about the birth of a newborn from the mothers prospective. It can be seen to explore the mother(speaker) first thoughts and reflection on her newborn ranging from the way the baby appears to it's first cry. Revealing the speakers attitudes to towards her newborn and showing how her maternal instincts could be seen to develop as you continue to read through the poem.

On a Figurative level, metaphorically it could be seen as a poem about a baby belonging to the world. This interpretation can be seen in the line 'New statue.
In a drafty museum' The newborn is being presented for all to see but this is not necessarily a positive interpretation shown possibly by the use of the word 'drafty'.

Critics have argued that it is a celebration of motherhood, however it can be seen as the opposite as throughout the poem the speaker seems reluctant to show any emotion towards the newborn and shows quite alot of distance from the newborn.

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Ellen AO2-Language analysis and use of quotation

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Ellen AO2-Language analysis and use of quotation

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Througout Morning Song, Plath uses several techniques to allow the reader to understand and 'attach' to the poem. Througout Morning Song, Plath uses ambiguity to allow the reader to understand her emotions and state of mind. This ambiguity is shown when Plath writes 'I'm no more your mother-'. We can see the detachment Plath is facing after giving birth to the child. She has been merely used for her body as a way for the baby to enter the world, and cannot connect with what she has created. However, because of the ambiguity in this line, it could also be interpreted as Plath being in awe of what she has created. Plath cannot comprehend that a person like her could create such a beautiful baby.

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I believe morning song is a tribute from Plath to her newborn daughter Frieda Hughes. I think the title of the poem refers to her new born daughters crying as a song and the morning could either reference the time or the mourning Plath feels over losing her previous way of life. The poem shows a sense of distance and ambivalence on the speakers part, I think this could show that plath suffered from post natal depression, something that would not be recognised at the time. I think being a mother in a time when families had to be structure in a nuclear fashion is an idea plath struggles with, she believes parents do not have ownership over they're children, this poem shows her dislike for the conventional way of family life at the time.

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'Morning Song' looks at child birth and motherhood as how few people of the time wanted to understand it. I was known then that having a child was a social expectation, but the child itself was going to be an easy  task that all women faced. Unlike many women of the time, Plath looked at how childbirth and motherhood was a labourous task that wasn't neccessarily all that society made it out to be.
In 'Morning Song' Plath refers to herself as being 'cow-heavy', implying that she is breatfeeding to her newborn child. However when looking at the particular language used by Plath, it could be suggesting that becoming a mother takes away freedoms, like how animals are restricted in so many ways. The reference between herself and a cow may be a way of Plath representing the fact that motherhood dehumanises a woman and takes away her life. Critics such as Tasha Whitton understand Plaths 'Morning Song' to be a portrayal of the loss of life and gain a "sense the narrator's anxieties regarding her own mortality."

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In 'Morning Song' and 'The Great Gatsby' parenthood is associated with a contrast between reality and appearance as Plath compares abstract nouns with concrete reality to express her emotions whilst Daisy has a prim, proper image of her daughter but does not accept the reality and responsiblity of her child. Although the actual emotions about parenthood is very different in both texts. For in 'Morning Song' , the baby has "Took its place amoung the elements", implying Plath is anxious but in awe of her child, as she is as prehaps powerful as the elements  but equally fragile as a newborn. Yet in 'The Great Gatsby' the child is associated with material value, like a doll to be presented when appropriate and the main description for her is "beautiful little fool", which gives a deaminging, shallow emotion evoked by Daisy for her trophy daughter.

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In Hedda Gabler we see a complicated relationship between individuals and the concept of parenthood. Hedda herself is forever having to deny that she is preganant, until the very end when she reveals that she is in fact expecting. Due to Hedda's suicide, she never makes it to motherhood. Unlike the speaker in 'Morning Song', when the reader is immediately thrust into the birth of the unnamed child. 'The midwife' is present in the second stanza and we see some distancing between mother and child when she states 'I'm no more your mother'. However, there is some care placed in the fourth stanza when we see the the use of fricatives (such as 'moth breath' and 'flickers) that demonstrate the mother is waiting on the child, listening to every breath and clearly looking after it. In Hedda Gabler, the second example we see of parenthood is when Thea and Loevborg call the book they have created together a 'child', Hedda rather violently burns the mentioned manuscript, and this again arguably leads to both Loevborg and Hedda's deaths. Children appear to be fairly destructive in both texts. In 'Morning Song' the stars are swallowed and become 'dull' and in Hedda no good comes from the presence of children, even if they are metaphorical. The difference is however that in the poem, we experience motherhood, and in the play we experience loss.

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1. literal- the poem is divided into six three-line stanzas, but the stanzas don't have any rhyme scheme or distinct metrical pattern. Even the line breaks seem to follow regular patterns of speech more than then correspond to a song.  Plath shows us how weird this "song" is and the lack of form might be a way to indicate that new experiences (like, say, birth and motherhood) require new forms. Plath uses poetry as an incredibly intimate, soul-revealing, emotion-baring sort of confession.

The figurative language in this poem is in the use of synaesthesia, or mixed-up sense impressions – which might convey just how confused the speaker is about her feelings towards the baby. Plath develops elaborate metaphors to compare both the speaker and the baby to anything but an infant and its mother. e.g The baby's cry is described as being part of the elements, which helps to create an image of the baby as a sort of force of nature. Maybe out of her control?

2.Different views on Plath's presentaion and views on parenthood can be gained by this poem, it could be thought she has Post natal depression which back then wasn't recognised. We feel her being having very ambivalent feelings in her new role as a mother. But the fact she stays up with it all night, and sings her new born child a "morning song" may show some worry and over protectedness of the child. We see both an intimate connection yet the feeling of a stranger appearing in her life. "Draughty Museum" creates space between her and the child. Although she has given birth to the baby like a cloud produces rain which in turn becomes a lake that will reflect the cloud, she cannot take credit for the baby's existence. She mentions it was created out of "love" though which shows the love for the baby's father.

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The morning song refers contextuallly to the birth of Plath's daughter Frida. Each stanza touches on a moment or feeling during the birth. The general tone of the poem suggests the birth as a forlorn but very delicate event, extended by the sharp detail plath uses. This sadness implies pre-natal depression which many women experience however this would have been diregarded in the 1950's especially as women's main pupose was to raise children so her lack of focus as a result of a lack of self respect would have created more pressures on her as a woman. This helplessness in terms of parenting, "I'm no more your mother Than the cloud that distils a mirror..." may have also been a defining factor in the taking of her own life.
A certain amount of guilt and perhaps forboding of this may be visiable in the Morning Song as she higlights the independance her daughter has and obviously will need as her mother abruptly leaves her.

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On a literal level, the poem is about a woman giving birth. This is evidenced by mentions of a midwife and a baby crying.

On a figurative level it appears to be discussing post natal depression and an inability to talk about the difficulties of giving birth/being a mother. This is shown through mentions of feelings of alienation from the baby and feeling a heavy weight "cow heavy" although parts of it could also be interpreted as feeling awe for the new life.

Different arguments that could be made about Plath's presentation of parenthood are that a) she presents it as a bad thing, due to her somewhat cold presentation and mentions of the baby being a "new statue" b) she presents it as both a good and bad thing although she still feels awkward and unsure about it. Perhaps there's an inability to let the baby go after carrying it for so long, her "effacement"? c) that she is completely in awe of the baby but feels out of her depth.

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In both 'Morning Song' and 'The Great Gatsby', parenthood is presented through the lack of maternal affection. Both Daisy and the speaker appear to be distant from their children and lack the experience and responsibility to tend to their child. 'We stand round blankly as walls.' this illistrates the speaker in 'Morning Song' feels unfamiliar and unattentive towards her newborn and illistrates her lack of maternal instincts. Similarly, in 'The Great Gatsby' Daisy either dissmisses her daughter when approached by her. "I hope she will be a beautiful little fool" this idea represented through Daisy implies that

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In both Hedda Gabler and Morning song there is a smiliar theme of detatchment. The character of Hedda does not have any kind of parental figures. We only see a picture of her father, General Gabler, hanging on the wall throughout the play. This creates a distance between Hedda and her father as he is not physically with her at any point. Her isolation is emphasised by contrasting her to George. Even though he equally does not have parents, Auntie Juju makes up for this by acting as a guardian and caring for George. A similar sense of isolation is also created in Plath's Morning song. The imagery of a new statue in a draughty museam creates an emptiness in the poem. Museums are associated with silence and coldness, which are opposite feelings of the conventional love and attatchment that parents should feel, suggesting detatchment.