Which Reminds Me

Someone is reminding me that my own song for 10th grade analysis of song lyrics as poetry was "Morning Has Broken," which was performed by Cat Stevens. At first glance this song seems to invoke the idea of the Garden of Eden, a time before mankind had fallen when God daily visited with Adam and Eve there. But God was not the only visitor to the Garden of Eden. Yes, I suppose that the song could just as easily be interpreted to invoke visions of the snake walking in the garden before it was cursed to crawl on its belly. I really don't remember what I said about the song in high school. Looking back at the song lyrics now, one sees the snake there, certainly. Adam and Eve were deceived by the snake, hid themselves from God, and were later barred from the Garden of Eden. Ok, so I was not so theologically informed in 10th grade. I doubt that I would choose that song now for any reason, but at the time it seemed a harmless choice for the high school assignment to be fulfilled, which was to choose a popular song of the day for poetry analysis. Yes, I suppose that spinnage could render it harmful. Sorry about that but anyway since I am not allowed to do spinnage someone else will have to take the blame for that.