1. Sylvia Plath
Poets convey ideas, images and feelings that can stimulate our imagination. How do the 2 poets you have studied achieve this? Refer closely to one poem from each poet. .
William Blake and Sylvia Plath use poetry as a type of communication, using techniques that they have mastered to capture and convert certain elements of their imagination. Each poem allows the mind to scan a broad range of topics within ones imagination to discover its definition. Experienced poets, such as Sylvia Plath and William Blake, use a variety of the elements of writing to stimulate ones imagination as can be analysed through their work, Blake's "London" and Plath's "Elm". .
Plath and Blake utilise imagery as the key element of their poetry to create images in one's mind of the wondrous objects and obstacles that possess their imagination. In "London" (written by Blake), the mind is constantly relayed to the overall theme of pollution adding to the sinister tone, through the use of imagery. For example, images indicating pollution are strikingly evident in the draft of this poem where "dirty" held the place of "charter"d" associating with physical pollution in the form of soot and the shedding of blood in high places -"church" "palace". "Charter"d" meaning "bound" also captures the city's human slavery describing the river as "bound" between its London shores; it provides a dismal picture of London. Blake also depicts the anger, loyalty and suffering of the solder by relating a powerful image of blood running down the palace walls to accuse the ruling palace of the "hapless soldier's sigh". Also through imagery, love is depicted in Plath's poem, "Elm" as a "shadow", the shady choice of words allow the mind to picture love as a burden and a dark sentiment. Although the phrase is also a metaphor, it holds the strength to create an imaginative picture in one's mind. Plath also uses imagery as a powerful tool in "Elm" as she lingers on her fear of a huge hurdle in her life, cancer.
Analysis of "Daddy" written by Sylvia Plath Sylvia, born of Otto and Aurelia Plath on October 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts. Warren, Sylvia's brother was born April 1935, concidently around this time Otto Plath's health took a serious turn. ... Otto Plath's death had a major influence on Sylvia's life and the way she lived it, as shown in the poem "Daddy". Sylvia Plath's at the age of 8, experienced the lost of her father. ... Sylvia Plath, refers to her father as a Panzer-man and Nazi. ...
Reading Sylvia Plaths poems and knowing little about her life, a psychological aspect is obvious. ... Sylvia Plath's writing always had a way to make the reader understand how she was feeling about trials in her life; Plath pulled her readers in her world. . Sylvia Plath's poem "Metaphors" concentrates on the psychology of pregnant women, and the apprehension Plath had during this time in her life. ... Sylvia feels that she is sheltering something, but has to think deeply about sheltering this object. ... Sylvia Plath and the elements she chose to describe a pregnancy gave the fe...
SYLVIA PLATH : THE APPLICANT Sylvia Plath's Poem "The Applicant", explores many issues, in particular it looks at the ideas of feminism and the role of women in a marriage. ... Silvia Plath has used many poetic methods to help propel the concerns of her poem. ... The repetition of words and sentences throughout the poem work well to enforce the concerns of Sylvia Plath, but they also tend to confuse the meaning. ... Sylvia Plath has used this approach as a way to convey her concerns without shocking the readers with the harshness of what she is actually trying to say. ... In conclu...
Sylvia Plath, a complex poet, a complex mind. The life of Sylvia Plath began on October 27, 1932 and was abruptly ended on February 11, 1963. ... The poetry of Sylvia Plath contains various themes that stem from the author's mind. ... In addition to death, the next theme that topples out of Sylvia Plath's mind is conflict. ... Sylvia Plath is most definitely not exempt from this stereotype. ...
Sylvia Plath What was it that drove Sylvia Plath to suicide? What encourages a poet such as Sylvia Plath to produce such intense pieces of writing? ... Many poets in the past have produced such works, but none have been as striking as those of Sylvia Plath's. ... Many of Plath's poems have made reference to her past. ... Sylvia Plath had it all. ...
Daddy Sylvia Plath 1932-1963 Sylvia Plath wrote "Daddy" just four months before her death by suicide in February 1963. ... In February 1963, Sylvia Plath chose death over life. ... Works Cited Howe, Irving: The Plath Celebration: A Partial Dissent. ... New York, Chelsea House Publishers, 1989 Kehoe, John: Young, Talented, and Doomed: The Life of Sylvia Plath. ... Revising Life: Sylvia Plath's Ariel Poems. ...
In the poem "Mirror"," Sylvia Plath uses strong metaphors and objects as things reflected in a mirror. ... Plath stated, "I am silver and exact"." ... Plath says, "Now I am a lake... Plath uses strong metaphors of nature and objects as people. ... "(16) Sylvia Plath's youth had passed and she feels the effects of age upon her. ...
Sylvia Plath was a great American poet gaining her fame and recognition in the twentieth century, after her death. ... It is in fact that one of Plath's central themes in poetry is women being haunted by the male domineering nature. ... Sylvia Plath uses images of the holocaust and Jews to identify herself, and you can see how she associates the Nazi and the Germans as the powerful/authoritative male figures that replace her father. ... That's why in the movie "Sylvia", Plath's mother tells Ted that Sylvia loves him because she fears him, "I think you've frighten her, that&...