Analysis of ‘Daddy’ by Sylvia Plath: 2022<
November 4, 2016 by Pritesh Chakraborty
Analysis of ‘Daddy’ by Sylvia Plath: 2022

Daddy was written on October 12, 1962, shortly before her death, and published posthumously  in  Ariel in 1965. Though most of Plath’s poetry centres around her loss of her father and her relationship with him, this poem perhaps is the most explicit. When we deal with Plath we often involve ourselves with the psychological aspects of… Continue reading Analysis of ‘Daddy’ by Sylvia Plath: 2022

Analysis of Two Sisters of Persephone by Sylvia Plath: 2022<
November 4, 2016 by Pritesh Chakraborty
Analysis of Two Sisters of Persephone by Sylvia Plath: 2022

The poem Two Sisters of Persephone was written by Slyvia Plath in 1956, the same year as her marriage. The poem is about two lives that are binary to each other. The title, overloaded with mythological significance at once, takes the reader’s attention away. However, the poem is an allegory that discusses the life of… Continue reading Analysis of Two Sisters of Persephone by Sylvia Plath: 2022

The Disquieting Muses Analysis by Sylvia Plath: 2022<
November 2, 2016 by Pritesh Chakraborty
The Disquieting Muses Analysis by Sylvia Plath: 2022

The poem The Disquieting Muses written in 1957 serves as a good example of alienation. The poem depicts a non-communicative mother-daughter relationship. Plath wrote this poem getting highly inspired by Giorgio de Chirico eponymous painting. The poem has deep resemblance to the picture and the three Muses of Chirico’s painting are depicted by Plath in… Continue reading The Disquieting Muses Analysis by Sylvia Plath: 2022

“Ariel” Summary and Analysis by Sylvia Plath: 2022<
October 26, 2016 by Pritesh Chakraborty
“Ariel” Summary and Analysis by Sylvia Plath: 2022

The poem was written on October 27, 1962, shortly before her death. It was published posthumously in the eponymous collection in 1965. The title is perhaps based on the horse which Plath used for her morning riding. It has been understood after the testimony of Ted Hughes, as a reaction to her falling off and… Continue reading “Ariel” Summary and Analysis by Sylvia Plath: 2022

“Colossus” Summary and Analysis by Sylvia Plath: 2022<
October 26, 2016 by Pritesh Chakraborty
“Colossus” Summary and Analysis by Sylvia Plath: 2022

The poem was first published in the anthology with the namesake in 1960. It contained another forty four poems. The title makes us remember the famous lines from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, “ . . . why , man, he doth bestride this narrow world/ like a colossus.” (I, ii, 135-36.) The reference could be made… Continue reading “Colossus” Summary and Analysis by Sylvia Plath: 2022

The Moon and the Yew Tree Summary and Analysis by Sylvia Plath: 2022<
October 3, 2016 by Abhishek Mitra
The Moon and the Yew Tree Summary and Analysis by Sylvia Plath: 2022

The Moon and the Yew tree is a complex poem by Sylvia Plath. In this poem, Plath (there is some disagreement on whether the work is autobiographical, although many seem to consider it so) explores her feelings towards her parents-the moon represents her mother and the Yew tree, her father. The poem is notable for… Continue reading The Moon and the Yew Tree Summary and Analysis by Sylvia Plath: 2022

The Munich Mannequins Analysis and Summary by Sylvia Plath: 2022<
September 29, 2016 by Abhishek Mitra
The Munich Mannequins Analysis and Summary by Sylvia Plath: 2022

Written just over a month before her death in February 1963, the Munich Mannequins was composed by Plath when she was living in London, during one of the coldest English winters on record. The setting of the poem too, is a city in winter—-Munich. Some say that she recounts her impressions of Munich from a former trip,… Continue reading The Munich Mannequins Analysis and Summary by Sylvia Plath: 2022

Circus in Three Rings Analysis by Sylvia Plath: 2022<
September 25, 2016 by Pritesh Chakraborty
Circus in Three Rings Analysis by Sylvia Plath: 2022

The circus within the ‘extravagant heart’ and of its ‘fragments’ is rooted so deep into the raveled life of Sylvia Plath, that they make their reflections almost unfathomable to her readers, often, when her imagery and conceits lack a faithful link to their purpose in the poet’s own life. Plath did not care to affix… Continue reading Circus in Three Rings Analysis by Sylvia Plath: 2022

New Year on Dartmoor by Sylvia Plath — Analysis: 2022<
September 22, 2016 by Pritesh Chakraborty
New Year on Dartmoor by Sylvia Plath — Analysis: 2022

Introduction: Sylvia Plath, a renowned American postwar poet, novelist and short-story writer, has her fame laid chiefly on the poems written on the edge of her life when her turbulent life reached its climax and took a form of a violent storm. Such is the context that relates the poem New Year on Dartmoor, written… Continue reading New Year on Dartmoor by Sylvia Plath — Analysis: 2022

Mad Girl’s Love Song Analysis by Sylvia Plath<
September 27, 2014 by Website Contributors
Mad Girl’s Love Song Analysis by Sylvia Plath

This poem analysis of ‘Mad Girl’s Love Song’ is divided into three parts – context, rhyme scheme and rhetorical devices, and deeper meaning. In the absence of any one of these, this poem explanation would be incomplete. Context: ‘Mad Girl’s Love Song’ was written by Plath while she was still at Smith College, and before… Continue reading Mad Girl’s Love Song Analysis by Sylvia Plath