Impression Du Matin
Impression Du Matin - meaning Summary
Dawn's Cold Urban Scene
The poem sketches a dawn transition on the Thames from a blue-and-gold night to a grey, fog-bound morning. Urban landmarks and waking commerce appear—bridges, S. Paul’s, barges and waggons—while atmosphere shifts from stillness to noisy life. Against this collective awakening stands a single detached woman beneath gaslight, described with striking contrast as having "lips of flame and heart of stone." The poem contrasts public bustle with private emotional isolation.
Read Complete AnalysesThe Thames nocturne of blue and gold Changed to a Harmony in grey: A barge with ochre-coloured hay Dropt from the wharf: and chill and cold The yellow fog came creeping down The bridges, till the houses' walls Seemed changed to shadows, and S. Paul's Loomed like a bubble o'er the town. Then suddenly arose the clang Of waking life; the streets were stirred With country waggons: and a bird Flew to the glistening roofs and sang. But one pale woman all alone, The daylight kissing her wan hair, Loitered beneath the gas lamps' flare, With lips of flame and heart of stone.
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