Schuyler's ability to write self-consciously without injecting any hint of pompousness or self-satisfaction makes [The Morning of the Poem] succeed. At the heart of many of his poems is a powerful sense of self which simultaneously observes and writes, thereby initiating a process which charges the relation-ship between the poet and the world with an unusual intensity. The best result of this technique are his observations on the texture of the dynamic world…. The book ends with its long title poem, an autobiographical letter which examines the tragic content of Schuyler's experience as a source for his poetic material. (p. 100)