In this light, the speaker sees the urn as a "historian that can tell "flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme " (3-4). ... The urn has teased "us out of thought " and the speaker is reminded that although the ideal world can be somewhat of a fairy land, it is not entirely free of imperfection -- it is lifeless and unreal. ...

• Word Count: 1262
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

'You do not do, you do not do/ Any more, black shoe/ In which I have lived like a foot/ For thirty years, poor and white, Barely daring to breath or Achoo', is the opening description provided by Plath of her circumstances in 'Daddy'. In this opening stanza, the familiar image of a foot ...

• Word Count: 2183
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate