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Sylvia Plath's 9-line-long riddle poem is called "Metaphors." Each of...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:11 PST

Sylvia Plath's 9-line-long riddle poem is called "Metaphors." Each of these nine lines offers metaphors; the title is also a metaphor in itself; the whole structure is loaded with metaphors--the teasing conflict between the denotations and the connotations. The nine lines of the poem correspond with the conception and growth of the embryo in the mother's womb during the nine months of pregnancy--from "an elephant, a ponderous house" to...

In reading this poem, I tend to follow the prompt in the opening line...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:14:39 PST

In reading this poem, I tend to follow the prompt in the opening line and enjoy Sylvia Plath's poem "Metaphors" as a riddle of sorts. I think that reading the poem in this way may very well help you discuss it in terms of denotation and connotation. The images of the poem center around the speaker's pregnancy -- she's, among other things, "An elephant, a ponderous house, / A melon strolling on two tendrils." The denotative value of each key...

Look at "Metaphors" by Plath.

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:20:56 PST

Look at "Metaphors" by Plath.

Was Sylvia Plath a feminist? Can you give detailed answers please.

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 01:50:49 PST

Was Sylvia Plath a feminist? Can you give detailed answers please.

Here is a general summary followed by more a specific line by line...

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:59:32 PST

Here is a general summary followed by more a specific line by line breakdown. Plath’s personification of the mushrooms can be seen as a way of expressing the plight of women in the 1960’s. The ‘perfectly voiceless’ fungus represent the silent but growing majority of women, hidden in darkness, gradually, quietly pushing until they ‘inherit the earth’. The mushrooms are sinister in their steady power as they ‘shoulder through...

Kiri, What are your questions about the poem? Are you having trouble...

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:56:35 PST

Kiri, What are your questions about the poem? Are you having trouble with vocabulary, how she wrote it or the imagery? Vocabulary and context are the most chellenging pieces of poetry for me. DOn't try to figure out what the poem meant to Plath. What does it mean to you? Make sure you understand first what she is saying: example: " Overnight, veryWhitely, discreetly,Very quietlyOur toes, our nosesTake hold on the loam,Acquire the air."To...

Please help with a line by line analysis of the poem Mushrooms by...

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:06:57 PST

Please help with a line by line analysis of the poem Mushrooms by Sylvia Plath.

Suck my punci, why the fuck can't u just help the fuck out? fu!

Thu, 8 Oct 2009 03:35:25 PST

Suck my punci, why the fuck can't u just help the fuck out? fu!

Please, i need to know aeverything about death & co.

Thu, 8 Oct 2009 02:35:19 PST

Please, i need to know aeverything about death & co.

The Monster in Plath's Mirrors Critic: William Freedman Source: Papers...

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 22:17:05 PST

The Monster in Plath's Mirrors Critic: William Freedman Source: Papers on Language and Literature, Vol. 108, No. 5, October, 1993, pp. 152-69. 2. http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGkjj0QC9KeR4AAx1XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTBydHRjbmRzBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMwRjb2xvA3NrMQR2dGlkAw--/SIG=122u90287/EXP=1244697204/**http%3a//www.iun.edu/~plath/vol1/ekmekcioglu.pdf 3....

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Mon, 8 Jun 2009 02:39:11 PST

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"Poppies in October," is part of a collection of poems that Sylvia Plath...

Fri, 15 May 2009 12:41:49 PST

"Poppies in October," is part of a collection of poems that Sylvia Plath wrote in 1962 toward the end of her life, she committed suicide at the age of 30. The writing of this period in the poet's life is dominated by anger, bitterness, hopelessness and violent images. Even the sun-clouds this morning cannot manage such skirts. Nor the woman in the ambulance Whose red heart blooms through her coat so astoundingly -- A gift, a love...

Give critical analysis of "Poppies in October."

Fri, 15 May 2009 04:19:36 PST

Give critical analysis of "Poppies in October."

Sylvia Plath, an American author considered one of the most emotional...

Wed, 13 May 2009 12:44:57 PST

Sylvia Plath, an American author considered one of the most emotional writers of the post war period, was a deeply troubled individual who committed suicide at the age of 30. "A complicated literary personality whose biography is nearly impossible to disentangle from her writing, Plath has often been regarded as a confessional poet, though her deeply personal lamentations often achieve universality through mythic allusion and archetypal...

How did Sylvia Plath treat the theme of Feminism in her poetry?

Wed, 13 May 2009 06:28:38 PST

How did Sylvia Plath treat the theme of Feminism in her poetry?

In Sylvia Plath's "Berck-Plage" what does the priest and the...

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:38:09 PST

In Sylvia Plath's "Berck-Plage" what does the priest and the "lover-makers" in the 2nd section symbolize?

In this brilliant poem by Sylvia Plath, the theme of old age is...

Sat, 4 Apr 2009 06:52:27 PST

In this brilliant poem by Sylvia Plath, the theme of old age is explored. One of the key devices of the poem is the speaker or persona of the poem that Plath has chosen to explore this theme. The mirror sees the woman examining herself in her day by day. We know that the mirror thinks that it is precise in its judgement - the very language that the mirror uses shows how matter-of-fact the mirror is in its judgement: "I am silver and exact."...

In "The Mirror" in what ways in the mirror like and unlike a person in...

Sat, 4 Apr 2009 06:20:53 PST

In "The Mirror" in what ways in the mirror like and unlike a person in stanza 1? In what ways is it like a lake?