![]() ![]() She comments that real life is more "frank" and unsettling. ![]() "A Life" is about a woman in the hospital (perhaps after a suicide attempt) staring at a painting and looking at the immovable, happy inhabitants within. She stays in his ear at night to protect herself from the wind, and suggests that there will be no ship coming for her – she will remain in this ruin of memory forever. She depicts him as a mighty statue which she attempts to repair so he can speak to her. "The Colossus" is a complicated and powerful poem that is understood to be about Plath's father, who died when she was eight. She knows that although she feels unlovely and merely like a "cow in calf," there is nothing she can do about it. The woman, uncomfortable and alienated by her large and cumbrous body, refers to herself as an elephant, and as a melon walking on two tendrils. "Metaphors" is a short poem that describes a pregnant woman through figurative language. Plath's adaptation focuses on the moment in which Cinderella hears the clock chime midnight as she dances with the prince. The earliest poem discussed here is " Cinderella," a retelling of the fairy tale. It is difficult to summarize the poems, as many of them suggest multiple meanings, but nonetheless, each has a particular topic that can help to differentiate between them. Plath's poetry, along with the novel The Bell Jar, has situated her as one of 20th century literature's most formidably talented and fiercely imaginative writers. However, there are several others that date from either her early days at Smith College or the period between the publication of the two major volumes. The sun rises under the pillar of your tongue.Most of the work featured in this study guide comes from Plath's two major poetry collections – The Colossus and Other Poems (1960) and Ariel (1965). It would take more than a lightning-strokeĬounting the red stars and those of plum-color. In their old anarchy to the horizon-line. Your fluted bones and acanthine hair are littered I open my lunch on a hill of black cypress. You are pithy and historical as the Roman Forum. To mend the immense skull plates and clearĪrches above us. Scaling little ladders with glue pots and pails of lysol Mouthpiece of the dead, or of some god or other. I shall never get you put together entirely, View our navigation menu in the header to view useful subs/resources! Reddit formatting (aka 'fancy courier font trick')Ĥ spaces after each line escapes double spacingĭouble space the end of a line for a line break ![]() Have a question for the mods? Click here! Posts using this tag may be subject to moderator approval. : For discussing the subreddit itself, or discussing other posts that appear on the subreddit. : For announcements about professional OPPORTUNITIES for prospective poets. (Still not for sharing your own amateur poetry). : For PROMOTING your own creative project. (Still not for sharing your own amateur poetry.) : For asking for HELP from the poetry community. : For sharing outside links to RESOURCES that are related to the general world of poetry. : For discussing your OPINIONS about any aspect of the general world of poetry. : For sharing a link to an ARTICLE from the general world of poetry. (Not for sharing your own amateur poetry.) : For sharing a published or anthologized POEM. In order for your post to go through, you must use one of the following tags-in brackets-before your title. We moderators reserve the right to remove posts as best serves the community. NEWER ALL Poem submission HEADLINES must include the name of the poem and the author.NEW If you are sharing a poem in translation, both the original poet and the translator must be credited.To promote something, like publications, be detailed about your product. To sell something, use a self post and offer a sample poem.To ask for homework help, state that you are asking for homework help and show how far you've gotten.Put a in your post title, e.g., " Lesson on rhyming" (See below for available tags).Share your poetry on our sister subreddit, /r/OCPoetry. This subreddit is for sharing published poetry and for discussing the world of poetry.We now have our own Discord server! Come hang out and join the weekly open mic! The Dos and Don'ts of Poetry: Seek advice on submitting your poetry for publication. This is a forum to talk about the world of poetry. Use /r/OCPoetry for original poetry What We're About: ![]()
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