Sunday Morning (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Wallace Stevens
- First Published: 1915
- Type of Work: Meditation
- Genres: Poetry, Meditation
- Subjects: Nature, Religion, Beauty, Death or dying, Gods or goddesses, Jesus Christ, Life, philosophy of, Life and death, Meditation, Happiness, Senses or sensation, Morning
The Poem
In its final form, “Sunday Morning” consists of eight self-contained, fifteen-line strophes, written in Wallace Stevens’s customary version of blank verse. The speaker’s meditation on life, death, and change is presented through a description of a woman who prefers the world of the senses to “The holy hush of ancient sacrifice” associated with religious practice, but who is not really sure that she can be satisfied with temporary delights.
The stage is set with a description of the woman’s Sunday morning, when the effects of vibrant colors and...
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