Explication of "Sunday Morning"

Explication of “Sunday Morning” Robert Pasell In Wallace Steven's poem, "Sunday Morning" the idea of religion as it relates to reality is explored through the mind of a woman. It is not through the woman’s ‘religious voice’, but the voice of agnosticism, in her mind, that the poem is narrated. The poem is a debate within her head, between her agnostic voice and her religious voice on the perception of divinity. Her agnostic voice …

…because of our human condition of death. Through the narrative form, this debate between the two sides of the wo! man’s mind shows the logical merits of agnosticism. This poem serves as an example of the romantic agnostic doctrine being questioned through a traditional religious debate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** WORKS CITED Stevens, Wallace. "Sunday Morning" Literature:Reading and Writing the Human Experience. Shorter 7th Edition Ed. Richard Abcarian and Marvin Klotz. Boston:Bedford,1999 pgs 324-327