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5 cze 2017 · Sylvia Plath (1932-63) was a prolific poet for the few years that she was active before her untimely death, by her own hand, aged just 30. But what are her greatest poems? A few titles spring to mind, but it’s not easy to reach a consensus on, say, Sylvia Plath’s top ten best poems.
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- Poems About Fathers
One of Sylvia Plath’s most famous poems, ‘Daddy’...
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Poems by Sylvia Plath. Born in 1932 to middle class parents in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Sylvia Plath published her first poem at the age of eight. A sensitive person who tended to be a bit of a perfectionist she
Intensely autobiographical, Plath’s poems explore her own mental anguish, her troubled marriage to fellow poet Ted Hughes, her unresolved conflicts with her parents, and her own vision of herself. On the World Socialist web site, Margaret Rees observed, “Whether Plath wrote about nature, or about the social restrictions on individuals, she ...
By Sylvia Plath. Share. The tulips are too excitable, it is winter here. Look how white everything is, how quiet, how snowed-in. I am learning peacefulness, lying by myself quietly. As the light lies on these white walls, this bed, these hands. I am nobody; I have nothing to do with explosions.
Sylvia Plath's impact on contemporary poetry cannot be overstated. Her unique poetic style, unflinching honesty, and themes of personal experience have inspired countless poets and writers.
Of your left ear, out of the wind, Counting the red stars and those of plum-color. The sun rises under the pillar of your tongue. My hours are married to shadow. No longer do I listen for the scrape of a keel. On the blank stones of the landing. Copyright Credit: Sylvia Plath, "The Colossus" from The Colossus.
Explore the life and work of Sylvia Plath, a groundbreaking poet, prose writer, and short story author. Read her most renowned poems and lesser-known gems, filled with raw emotion, introspection, and haunting imagery.
