Explication of "Morning Song" By Sylvia Plath

The metaphor of Sylvia Plath's poem "Morning Song" is that of a newborn baby. In the very first line of the poem, a newborn baby is compared to "a fat gold watch." But it is unclear in this first line whose love is being talked about so this opening sentence is a bit confusing. The speaker in this poem is addressing the reader. Lines two and three are the point in the poem where the newborn baby is taking its first breath and seeing the world for the first time. In the second stanza, the hospital that the baby is born in is compared to a museum. There is an echo and there is an object (the baby) that is grabbing every one's attention much like artwork in a museum. Throughout the rest of the poem, the narrator seems to be trying to distance herself from the responsibility of taking care of this baby. In lines ten and eleven, synesthesia mixes up the sense of sight and hearing; "All night your moth-breath Flickers among the flat pink roses." In stanza five, the narrator is describing herself as "cow-heavy" which hints that most women after pregnancy aren't in the best shape they have been in. The poem ends with the narrator looking out a window and the newborn is left to try "your handful of notes." The title of this poem is "Morning Song" leading me to believe that this poem is a song that the mother of the baby is singing to her baby and at the end of the poem she is setting her baby free to let he/she try things on her own symbolizing a mother letting her child grow up.