... is a charge, a very large charge For a word or a touch Or a bit of blood" (lines 61-63). Afterwards, there are other Holocaust-related elements, such as the use of German terms, "Herr" and "Doktor," which mean "mister" and "doctor." She turns away from the audience to address a single person, the Nazi Doktor, which can be concluded to have ... , which refers to the Nazis, who manufactured their victims' hair, skin, bones, rings and fillings. In an approach of anger, she warns the great powers from above and below: "Herr God, Herr Lucifer Beware Beware" (lines 79-81). It is clear that she...

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... Sylvia Plath and that she is addressing this poem to her dad or her estranged husband to express her anger towards them. In the poem, the names "Herr Doktor" and "Herr Enemy" (Plath 131) that are used by the speaker are related once to the characterization of the powerful, betraying father-husband figure as Nazi (Wagner). If a link ... ...

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... from the dead by Jesus. The poem too is about a woman who can die and rise again. She refers to this at the end of them poem when she says "Herr God, Herr Lucifer Beware Beware. Out of the ash I rise with my red hair And I eat men like air." Here she is almost saying that even God can't stop her, like ... ...

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... from the dead by Jesus. The poem too is about a woman who can die and rise again. She refers to this at the end of them poem when she says "Herr God, Herr Lucifer Beware Beware. Out of the ash I rise with my red hair And I eat men like air." Here she is almost saying that even God can't stop her, like ... ...

• Word Count: 1028
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• Grade Level: High School