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...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Mirror" by Sylvia Plath shows the shallowness and superficial concerns of women through the personification and the description of a mirror reflecting a woman's life and her character. The poem is narrated by the mirror, which doesn't provide an unbiased and impartial view on its character contrar...

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A Glimmer of Hope Sylvia Plath was a woman whose mind was a spectrum of creativity and accomplishment plagued with strong depression and hatred. ... Sylvia Plath uses stunning imagery to describe the return of hope and faith from her tormenting depression in her poem Mystic. ... The question of tenderness is one of the many that Sylvia Plath was tormented wit throughout her life. ... This is possibly symbolism for a fresh start and new hope in Sylvia Plath's life. ... Wile being trapped, seized up, and swallowed by her manic depression, Sylvia Plath, desperately searching f...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Many poets go ahead and make it clear what emotion they might have during the poem, like in Sylvia Plath's Daddy (1965). ... In Daddy, Sylvia Path takes an unusual approach to express the anger in the poem. ... Plath really shows how emotion can dictate a poem, especially through over exaggeration of anger. ...

• Word Count: 757
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School