Mushrooms

'Mushroom' poem by Sylvia Plath written in 1959 portrays the struggle life of women during that period through the imagery of the growth of mushrooms in the nature. The poet exposes a gap between genders and the struggling process of inferiority women. With its serious and strong emotions, the audience can get the sense of women in 1960s. Moreover,this poet is really unique because besides using metaphor and personification techique, it also use biblical illustration.

In 1960s, women position were not equal to men like today. Mushrooms were described as women because they can reproduce but they were unnotice and ignored. In the beggining of the poet, Plath shows that women's presence were 'very whitely,discreetly, very quietly' like they were not really acknowledgeable and moreover neglected. The poet reflect their condition as mushrooms which always grow and grow by multiplicating but seems hiden, fragile, mysterious and powerless. Next, while they kept growing, they wanted the world recognise their existence to be seen but they were still ignored like they were weak. However, they still survive and tried to change their unfair situation. As the time went, men seemed did not really care with their being but their populations became huge and massive from shapeless became something solid, formable like 'shelves' and 'tables'. People arround them began to realize and they became 'edible' because they were needed, then slowly became important. They were now powerlfull, solid and so many. The morning represented the sunlight which brought the reached of their achievement. Because of their massive numbers, they were able to take the world. From the poet explanation, it can be seen that people should not look down others because one day they can be really strong even stronger than what we think.

Plath poet has 11 stanza with 3 line each with irregular ending. Its structure is not that special but the words and the meanings in it is so deep and interesting. She