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    A Study Guide for Claire Malroux's "Morning Walk"
    A Study Guide for Claire Malroux's "Morning Walk"
    A Study Guide for Claire Malroux's "Morning Walk"
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    A Study Guide for Claire Malroux's "Morning Walk"

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    A Study Guide for Claire Malroux's "Morning Walk," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateAug 26, 2016
    ISBN9781535828871
    A Study Guide for Claire Malroux's "Morning Walk"

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      A Study Guide for Claire Malroux's "Morning Walk" - Gale

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      Morning Walk

      Claire Malroux

      1996

      Introduction

      Claire Malroux's Morning Walk was first published in French in her poetry collection Aires. Translated by American poet Marilyn Hacker, the English version of Morning Walk appears as the first poem in the collection Edge published by Wake Forest University Press.

      Like many poems in Edge, Morning Walk addresses the themes of aging and the inevitable progression of time, as it explores the porous boundaries between different realms: life and death, the natural and the human, and the actual and the spiritual. The poem evokes both a physical and a psychological landscape, as the speaker observes elements in the world while taking a morning walk through her environs. The place she walks through is not specified—the poem could take place anywhere where there are buildings and trees. It seems to be an urban neighborhood, although it is filled with grassy spots, indicating parks or lawns. The poem moves through several tonal shifts, swinging between reticent pessimism and admiration, but concludes on an optimistic note celebrating the spiritual authority of nature. Malroux uses metaphor, simile, and personification to convey the ideas and images in the poem. These

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