Early in the Morning Summary
Li-Young Lee

Early in the Morning Summary

Li-Young Lee's "Early in the Morning," was published in The American Poetry Review and later included in Lee's first collection of poems, Rose (1986). It is a four-stanza, free-verse poem written from the point of view of an adult looking back on his adolescence or late childhood and, like many of the collection's poems, reflects on Lee's complex relationship with his parents and his past. It is the sixth poem in the collection, coming...

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