These techniques made me consider, why Monroe was clearly over-stressed, and yet no-one assisted or comforted her. .
Morgan skilfully uses personification to portray the idea that death is a person, and that Death is a protector in Monroe's life, which I found shocking: "That Death should seem the only protector." I believe that this also suggests that Monroe's life was so insufferable and stressful that death would be a very pleasing prospect. In addition this clearly implies that the vast volume of pressure she had, was produced by her film-star career, and is also making Marilyn Monroe lonely and isolated. The way that Morgan has portrayed the idea that the extensive loneliness and stress of Monroe's life, and how her life has got so bad, plays an important role in conveying the significance of Monroe's death.
Edwin Morgan continues the idea of Monroe's loneliness and isolation by illustrating the idea that Monroe had no real friends and but she is surrounded by people such as fans, and directors; "That the many acquaintances, the autograph hunters, the/inflexible directors". This sentence is followed by enjambment which emphasises the vast amounts of people who were around her everyday but she was still lonely because she had no true friends, I found this surprising. This also emphasises the next line, which suggests that Monroe's life was meaningless and was causing her great pain; "a blur of incomprehension and pain- .
The personification of uncertainty conveys Morgan's opinion that Monroe was very much insecure; " lonely Uncertainty-. Uncertainty is referred to as a person due to the capital letter in front of the word, and my interpretation of the rest of the line was that Uncertainty enjoyed the loneliness and sadness that Monroe was feeling and was luring her to death; " Uncertainty should limp up, grinning-. Edwin Morgan proficiently uses alliteration to highlight his thoughts that Marilyn Monroe had lost control of her life; " bewildering barbiturates-.