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    Sylvia Plath - Nature

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    Sylvia Plath boldly set the bar for confessional poetry in the 1950s. Using nature as a theme in many of her poems‚ Plath externalised her internal demons in a unique way. The narrative voice in her “nature” poems illustrates Plath’s complicated relationship with the natural world. The reader can relate to this‚ and draw their own conclusion on humanity both in and out of nature. As time goes on‚ and Plath’s sanity becomes even more fragile‚ the narrator’s relationship with nature becomes more intimate

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    Medusa Sylvia Plath

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    had ‘Mum’ in the title) focuses on the relationship with the persona’s mother. It can be seen as a companion poem to ‘Daddy’ - written shortly before - and explores a similar theme – freeing the self from the (powerful‚ smothering) parent. |Sylvia Plath - Medusa | |

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    Sylvia Plath "Daddy"

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    “Daddy” – Sylvia Plath (Poetry Analysis 1) Plath‚ best known for her confessional poetry is credited to have written the poem “Daddy” in the year‚ 1962. However‚ it was posthumously published in 1965. The use of explicit imagery throughout the poem reflects her style. Using the Holocaust as a metaphor‚ Plath gives the poem its much-intended nightmarish quality suggestive of her complex relationship with her father‚ Otto Plath. “Daddy” is almost potentially autobiographical in the sense that it

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    "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath

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    Joshua Huling “Mirror” “Mirror” is a poem by Sylvia Plath. It is spoken in a first person style from the perspective of a mirror‚ and later a lake. A woman has been looking into both the mirror and the lake at her own reflection. She seems to be almost consumed with the reflection and later in life she is upset by what she sees‚ as she is ageing. The poem is rife with figurative language. After analyzing the poem‚ we find that the mirror is truth‚ indifferent to the woman’s ageing or what she

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    The Colossus. Sylvia Plath

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    This poem by Sylvia Plath was written in 1959 and gave name to her first collection of poems The Colossus and Other Poems in which it is already included. This collection was published in 1960 and since this moment she was recognized as a young new talent because of her poetry techniques. Regarding some biographical data‚ we should take into account that Otto Plath‚ that is Sylvia’s father‚ died after a long period of untreated diabetes when she had just eight years old. Facing the death of someone

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    Daddy, Sylvia Plath

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    language obscene / An engine‚ and engine / Chuffing me off like a Jew” (lines 30-32)This quote depicts the relationship that Plath had with her father. In Daddy‚ Plath depicts herself as a victim‚ as she compares herself to a Jew and her father as a Nazi. She uses this train metaphor to depict herself as a victimized Jew who is being taken away to a concentration camp. Plath uses allusions to describe her father as Hitler‚ as it is written “And your neat moustache / And your Aryan eyes‚ bright blue”

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    The Fluidity of Sylvia Plath Gender Norms and Racial Bias in the study of the modern “Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath was an American poet‚ novelist‚ and short story writer. Born in Boston‚ she studied at Smith College and Newnham College at the University of Cambridge before receiving acclaim as a poet and writer. She was married to fellow poet Ted Hughes from 1956 until they separated in September 1962. They lived together in the United States and then England and had two children‚ Frieda and Nicholas

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    * NAME: Sylvia Plath * OCCUPATION: Academic‚ Editor‚ Author‚ Poet * BIRTH DATE: October 27‚ 1932 * DEATH DATE: February 11‚ 1963 * EDUCATION: Smith College‚ Cambridge University * PLACE OF BIRTH: Boston‚ Massachusetts * PLACE OF DEATH: London‚ England Sylvia Plath was born in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ on October 27‚ 1932. Plath met and married British poet Ted Hughes‚ although the two later split. The depressive Plath committed suicide in 1963‚ garnering accolades after

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    Sylvia Plath Surviving tragedies in a harsh reality is something only the strongest of souls can do. Sylvia Plath was not a strong soul. She sought comfort in the words of her poetry and in her book The Bell Jar‚ but it was not enough. She had a dark and sad life‚ and Sylvia was constantly depressed. These warning signs provided Plath with fuel for her poems‚ but what her family‚ and society did not realize was that her writings were a desperate cry for help‚ and help never came. Sylvia Plath‚ awakened

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    Sylvia Plath was an American poet‚ novelist‚ and short story writer. She was born in Boston Massachusetts on October 27th 1932. She struggled deeply with depression much of her adult life‚ stemming from the death of her father at age eight. Aside from her depression‚ Sylvia excelled academically at Smith College‚ and because of that went on to receive a Fulbright scholarship to the highly competitive Newham College in Cambridge. She continued actively writing poetry and publishing her work in the

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