Wednesday, March 25, 2009
"Early In the Morning" by Li-Young Lee
In this poem the author gives you a calm "home sweet home" feeling of a couple that been together for what seem to be years. Its very early because he says "before the birds", meaning that the birds have not waken yet to fill the air with thir chirping sounds. The father sits and waits to hear the sound of music from his wife combing her hair. The author describes her hair as being beautiful art work; it's neat, dark, and is always combed the same way, never changed! The author gives off the feeling(to me atleast) that her hair pined up symbolzes sophistication and when her hair is down it symbolizes seduction and relaxation..its like her hair style represent two sides of her, an early morning and night time. Am i totally off? LoL
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Good observation abut the image contrast (the hair images), and how these can be interpreted in terms of the larger context of the poem---the symbolic repersentation of the wife, for eg., as you note. You may wannt to work this out in more detail in a journal, closely analyzing details of the poem's imagery; you may also want to bring the father-figure into the discussion. Also see my comments on Desiree's and Michael's blogs, for some other ideas.
ReplyDelete