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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

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

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

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834), described by Charles Lamb as ‘Logician, Metaphysician, bard’ had a very disquiet life which was made more tumultuous by his own sensitive and uneven temperament. He was a Jesus College, Cambridge graduate. In 1796 he brought out his first collection of his verse under the… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Frost at Midnight by Coleridge

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

This poem summary focuses on the poem ‘Mad Girl’s Love Song’ by the confessional poet Sylvia Plath. Before looking at the content of the poem, one must look at its title though. ‘Mad’ is here used to mean both mentally unstable, and angry. The fact that Plath characterizes herself as a ‘mad girl’ shows that… Continue reading Summary of Mad Girl’s Love Song by Sylvia Plath

This poem summary focuses on Sylvia Plath’s apparently simple poem about a blackberry picking expedition known as ‘Blackberrying’. However, like all of Plath’s poetry, this poem too has a deeper layer of meaning that reveals much about her mental state, in the very mode of confessional poetry. This poem is composed of three stanzas. Each… Continue reading Blackberrying Summary by Sylvia Plath

Blackberrying: Analysis This poem analysis is divided into three parts – context, rhyme scheme and rhetorical devices, and themes. Blackberrying: Context This part of the poem’s explanation is absolutely indispensable to the construction of its meaning. Being a confessional poet, Plath’s poetry always reflects what phase of life she is going through at the moment.… Continue reading Blackberrying: Analysis

This poem summary focuses on the poem ‘Lorelei’ by Sylvia Plath. This poem combines the confessional style of Plath with a myth of German origin, that of the water spirit called Lorelei who lures sailors with her breathtaking beauty and her enchanting voice, leading them to the perils of the rocky reefs of the Rhine.… Continue reading Summary of Lorelei by Sylvia Plath

This poem analysis is divided into three parts – context, rhyme scheme, and symbolism. Context: ‘Lorelei’ was written by Sylvia Plath as a part of the collection of poems entitled The Colossus and Other Poems which was published in the year 1960. Many of the poems in this collection refer to myths drawn from various… Continue reading Analysis of ‘Lorelei’ by Sylvia Plath