The third stanza expresses a sort of abandonment of the baby
to the strongest forces of nature.
All night your moth-breath
(describes the soft breath of the baby)
Flickers among the flat pink roses. I wake to listen:
(“Pink roses” indicates that the wallpaper is pink so therefore
the baby could be a girl. Relates to the mother's "floral" nightgown. The mother wakes up before the baby actually cries.)
A far sea moves in my ear.
(The baby is the far sea and the crying starts.)
The fourth stanza could be set in the house because of the use of the words “all night” and how relaxed the setting is. The comparison with nature expresses the beauty of her new born baby.
One cry, and I stumble from bed, cow-heavy and floral
(when the baby cries, she immediately leaves her bed. “cow-heavy” meaning that her breasts are full of milk.)
In my Victorian nightgown.
(The Victorian gown is a reference to the past to emphasize the role of women as being housewives and their main role was to care for the children. She alludes to her resentment of the connection between her nightgown and the baby.)
Your mouth opens clean as a cat's. The window square
(The baby's mouth is clean, there is no drool.)
This stanza uses an angry tone because the character was woken by the crying of the baby. She also tells the audience that she is breast-feeding and when the baby starts crying, she immediately gets out of bed in order to take care of her new-born. This is an indication that she does care about her baby to some extent even though she is constantly trying to deny her feelings. The “window square” is the baby's bedroom window and this is an interesting break she chooses because only in the next sentence is her full phrases complete.
Whitens and swallows its dull stars. And now you try
(The morning light is breaking through the baby's window. The stars are fading in the morning's light.)
Your handful of notes;
(At dawn, the baby's cries are clear and he/she is in the process of acquiring language.)
The clear vowels rise like balloons.
(The bonds become undeniable as the infant opposes her with his or her “clear vowels.” The mother's contemplation of her child end on a positive note.)
The final stanza is a continuation of the previous stanza because it describes the weeping of the baby.
In "Morning Song," the mother's bond to her infant strengthens as she tries to deny it. While attempting to prove that she has no connection to this new life, during the poem it becomes clear that the connection is undeniable. The “morning song” is the baby. The Morning Song is a mother, waking to feed her baby. It reflects her feminism, through the importance of maternity and the joy that a son can give to her.
