1. The Familiar and Unfamiliar - Poems of Sylvia Plath
Feminine liberation, a concept which secedes much of Plath's poetry is explored in the final stanzas of 'Lady Lazarus'. ... In this case, he uses familiar images to provide a significant analysis of Plath's tendency in conflation of her oppressive father and her later husband. ... The poem describes the entangled images of Plath and Hughes created in Sylvia Plath's poetry. It uses Otto Plath's familiar character to explore the power of Plath's poetry to subvert realistic standards of guilt in 'A big shock for as much of your Prussian backbone/Can be co...
- Word Count: 2183
- Approx Pages: 9
- Grade Level: Undergraduate