Sylvia Plath's- Tulips
Throughout the poem ìTulipsî by Sylvia Plath, the author seems desperately searching for peace and tranquility, and instead finds everything she despises, symbolized by the tulips she received as a get well present. The hospital setting, in which she is ìnobody,î provides a place where she can ìlearn peacefulness, lying by myself quietly,î as Plath explains in lines 3-4. She goes on to describe her room as very white and serene, and within the walls is a temporary escape from all the cares of the world outside, all the ìbaggageî she carries in relation to her family. Then she receives the tulips, which contrast with the white so much that Plath says ìthey hurt meî in line 36. The passage continues in this vein, relating that they ìweigh her downî in line 40, in a similar fashion as her family doe
It is apparent that the very nature of the tulips in Sylia Plathís poem ìTulipsî is offensive to her, particularly in the way that the flowerís red clashes with the serenity with the white walls around her. However, Plath also personifies her enemy the tulips to show us how she feels about her gift in a way the reader can understand. After bringing back the concept of the flowers hurting her in line 39, ìTheir redness talks to my wound,î from line 36 she makes another comparison. This time, between the ìbaggageî mentioned earlier in line 18 and the tulips, saying ìthey weigh me downî in line 40. Both of these objects seem to weigh her down, and in fact they both weight her down in the same way. The ìbaggageî of her family keeps her from being peaceful, and the tulips remind her that she is gett
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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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