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ktlau
ktlau

What nature imagery is used in "Sunday Morning"?

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Posted by ktlau on Friday September 5, 2008 at 6:05 AM and tagged with imagery, nature, sunday morning, techniques.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

    Extensive nature imagery is used. In fact, so much is used that it is impossible to list it all without recounting the entire poem. Broadly speaking, the imagery is first semi-domesticated—the sort of nature images that could occur in or near a home, such as the bird mentioned here: "And the green freedom of a cockatoo/
    Upon a rug mingle to dissipate."

    Stevens then opens up the imagery and the world. It is expansive—readers are given images of "Winding across wide water, without sound./
    The day is like wide water, without sound."  These lines cover entire bodies of water and days.

    The result is to create a sense of space that fits with the poem's spiritual concerns, and a sense of large beauty.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/sunday-morning/style

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    Posted by gbeatty on Friday September 5, 2008 at 10:36 AM