The persona in the poem finds that she lacks one because she has been stereotyped as a "mother." ... The night was always perceived as the female's domain whereas the day belonged to the man. In "The Carnival of Venice" the roles of man and woman are reversed. ... His "substance [is] dwindled" and his "spirit nothing but an ear, invisible, insane." ... This suggests that the night is the woman's domain whereas the day is linked with the man. ...

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