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TheHourglass

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  • on Edge by Sylvia Plath, on April 12, 2004
    I think the last poem she ever wrote, which makes it sound even more foreboding than it would've normally.
    It's as if she's saying she has nothing else to live for, having already accomplished everything, and yet she's not happy with the results. Being "perfected" sounds more like a facade than anything, especially since she was so determined to -be- perfect in real life. Perfect wife, perfect mother, perfect daughter and student...getting the shock that it's impossible to be all those things and becoming disillusioned has got to be slightly traumatic..

  • on The Rival by Sylvia Plath, on April 12, 2004
    Always been facinated by this one. I'm fairly certain it's about a woman named Assia, whom Ted had an affair with. But the imagery is hardly as angry as some of her other poetry. It's almost as though she's veiwing Assia as an equal, someone to approach rather carefully (or not at all). And then THAT seems faulty because I don't think that would be her style. Meh, trying to get into a dead poet's head isn't good on a sleepy person's mind =P

  • on Getting There by Sylvia Plath, on April 12, 2004

    Breath taking

    Personally, I think Plath was a bit off her rocker in the first place, in addition to being extremely depressed. She pushed herself really hard...not to mention that the period of time in which she wrote this particular poem, I think she was going through rough times with her husband Ted (maybe they were already separated? correct me if I'm wrong...)
    But the lafe-as-a-means-to-attain-death-and-then-rebirth metaphor is present in lots of her poetry ("Lady Lazerus" for example).
    I love this poem...I could talk about it for hours.
    Edited on Apr 12, 9:10 because 'spelling'.

  • on Medusa by Sylvia Plath, on April 8, 2004

    Awesome

    Always, always, always loved this one. I think it's about her mother, or so I've read...not surprising that Aurelia didn't get the hidden meaning of the title, for those who know a bit about Medusa jellyfish.
    I love this poem and how angry it seems...completely wrathful, severing all ties from something horrid.