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The Path of Sylvia Plath
By Dillon Fancher, Megan Ilnitzki, and Anthony Piccolo
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Biography Born in Boston on October 27, 1932.
Deep hatred for her father Married and divorced fellow poet, Ted Hughes (Her Father Otto Frank at Right)
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Sylvia’s Style Similes and Metaphors Vivid Figurative Language
Rhythmic tempo Strong Diction Repetition Daddy- “In which I have lived like a foot” “Chuffing me off like a Jew”
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Life Effects Her Poems:
Abusive Father “Daddy, I have had to kill you…Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I'm through.” (Daddy) Love Life “Never try to trick me with a kiss pretending that the birds are here to stay…The dying man will scoff and scorn at this.” (Never try to trick me with a kiss)
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Common Themes Nature Loss and Suffering Anger/Bitterness Darkness
Hopeless Love
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Her Criticism: Not all aspects of writing examined in most criticism
“In her work at least, [Plath is] never a nice person” Elizabeth Hardwick. Dark- Fantastic imagery Related to her life
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We Agree and Disagree Aspects are ignored in her writing
Plath’s attitude changes Style-Dark Biographical related poems
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The End: February of 1963: Commits suicide “Even Amidst Fierce Flames, the Golden Lotus can be Planted”– Sylvia Plath
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