Why I Wake Early
Why I Wake Early - meaning Summary
Morning as an Ethical Choice
The speaker greets the sun as a generous force that reaches fields, flowers, and even unhappy people. Rather than treating dawn as ordinary, the poem presents it as a daily lesson in warmth, endurance, and openness. The final declaration shows the speaker choosing to begin the day with happiness and kindness, suggesting that attention to the natural world can shape an ethical response to life.
Read Complete AnalysesHello, sun in my face. Hello, you who make the morning and spread it over the fields and into the faces of the tulips and the nodding morning glories, and into the windows of, even, the miserable and crotchety– best preacher that ever was, dear star, that just happens to be where you are in the universe to keep us from ever-darkness, to ease us with warm touching, to hold us in the great hands of light– good morning, good morning, good morning. Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness.
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