A Description of the Morning (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jonathan Swift
- First Published: 1709
- Type of Work: Satire
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: England or English people, Eighteenth century, City life, London, Cities or towns
The Poem
Jonathan Swift was much involved in the launching of his friend Sir Richard Steele’s new literary enterprise, a thrice-weekly paper of familiar essays and news called The Tatler. One of Swift’s contributions was the eighteen-line poem called “A Description of the Morning,” which appeared in the ninth paper on April 30, 1709, only two weeks after the publication debuted. The poem gives a series of photographic impressions of London life, specifically, as Steele remarked, of life in the West End of London.
The poem opens at daybreak, with only a few...
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