Rineai

• Last seen on May 31 10:55 AM 2006. Member since February 14, 2006.
• I have 37 poems, 10 stories

My other items

• The Martini at storywrite
  There was a small  room at the back of the house.  No bigger than a large walk-in closet, the room had only one pentagonal window that overlooked the mediocre backyar
• A Sister's Betrayal at storywrite
  Without thinking Leila Samson let her fist fly. Its impact on the already disfigured nose was more than she had expected and, at first, she couldn't tell whether it was her blo
• A sister at storywrite
  Without thinking Leila Samson let her fist fly.  It's impact on the already disfigured nose was more than she had expected and, at first, she couldn't tell whether it was

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• on Cut by Sylvia Plath, on July 22, 2005

  hmm interesting. i agree that there is great value in knowing other languages. when i start college in august im going to be taking me forth language (even though i tried to take it when i was little but couldnt because i didnt care back then...im really mad at myself for that because it set me back a good deal).
• on Cut by Sylvia Plath, on July 21, 2005

  wow i congradulate your ability to translate! it is very difficult indeed. the only poem i ever translated was another of sylvia plath's called "mad girl's love song," with i interpreted in american sign language. it took me days, and many many changes to perfect it. im not sure im good enough at any language, although i respect and admire all languages, to translate poetry very often. good luck and kudos!
  ~*~*Rin*~*~
• on Cut by Sylvia Plath, on July 21, 2005

  thank you. poetry is a great passion of mine (reading it moreso than writing, because im not very good) and i work hard to understand it.yes, the line is polically incorrect, but you still must keep in mind that this was 30-40 years ago, and i never said that was in any textbooks. i respect your oppion about the peice, and i am glad that you tried to understand it more.
  
  ~*~*Rin*~*~
• on Cut by Sylvia Plath, on July 19, 2005

  im not making any excuses, im just saying that to me, it makes sense. yes, she was mad, and her poems reflect that by letting us see things the way she saw them. in her head, the tip of her thumb resembles that of a pilgrim being scalped by an Indian, the way she wraps it in gauze looks like a Klansman's hat, or his babushka, which is also the word for the Russian grandmother's kerchief...the purpose behind the kamikaze man reference was to say that even this small cut can kill (it is a "saboteur." a kamikaze man is one solitary person-relatively insignificant in the big picture of the world-and yet he can destroy hundreds of others with one suicide bombing).
  
  again, im not making excuses for her...im not saying she was sane or that i dont accept her the way she was. im simply a student of poetry, and im interpreting her words, because that is part of the job. she may be cryptic, but any poet or expert of poetry will tell you that this is what separates good poems for the bad ones. take the first two stanzas, and you have nothing but a short, shallow narrative about a cooking mishap. even i, and i openly admit i am not a very good poet, could write this part. its in the analogies and the the symbolism that we see genius in Plath. poetry is about depth and reading between the lines and boldfaced text. depth is what separates great poetry from the rest of the world. without it, we'd have nothing but pop songs without melody.
  
  just because Plath was mentally ill does not mean that she was illogical. she clearly took time and careful effort in selecting her words...Plath was not one to let her words "go on automatic." each word is chosen with care and each has a distinct meaning behind it. i see nothing with the intension of comedy, and ive spent enough time analyzing poetry to see the difference between something incongruous and a perfectly planned out metaphor.
  
  im not trying to attack your critical judgment, and im sorry if i sound that way, but i think you underestimate her skill. again, try and look below the immediate sight of the words and think about what it is they mean.
  
  Edited on Jul 19, 10:46 p.m. because ''.