The title of Wallace Stevens' poem "Sunday Morning" could not be a better title. Sundays to Christian religions are considered holy days, days to go to church and worship God. To write about a woman rebelling against the ritual of going to church and describing the sensualities of the natural world, and posing the question why is heaven better than what we have on Earth, is brilliant. In the poem, the woman compares and explores two ideas on life: one that is eternal, and one that is not. The poem witnesses the woman's search for spiritual fulfillment. After assessing her beliefs, she later realizes that preparing her life for a heaven that promises eternal life is pointless. Death is what makes life so beautiful, and Earth is where real paradise is and always will be.

Throughout the poem Stevens uses eloquent imagery to describe the paradise always present...