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What event directly triggers the speaker's reflections in Sylvia Plath's "Morning Song"?
AThe death of a close friend
BThe birth of her child✓
CThe arrival of spring
DA dream about her own childhood
Rationale
"Morning Song" begins with the sound of a newborn's first cry — "Love set you going like a fat gold watch" — which highlights the birth of the speaker's child as the key moment that inspires her intricate and mixed feelings about motherhood and her own identity.
What event directly prompts the speaker's reflection in "Morning Song"?
AThe death of a loved one
BThe birth of her child✓
CThe arrival of spring
DA dream she experienced the night before
Rationale
"Morning Song" begins with the birth of the speaker's baby ("Love set you going like a fat gold watch"), and the poem delves into the speaker's complicated feelings about becoming a mother.