Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

1. "The Arrival of the Bee Box"

   • "I would say it was a coffin of a midget/ Or a square baby"
   • "The box is locked, it is dangerous"
   • "I have to live with it over night"
   • "It is dark, dark"
   • "Minute and shrunk for export/ black on black, angrily clambering
   • "There are no windows, so i can't see what is in there"
   • language is direct and powerful
   • Narrative structure gives us a experience

2. "Morning Song"

   • "We stand around blankly as walls"
   • "New statue/ in a drafty museum"

3. "Mirror"

   • "Silver and exact"
   • "Rewards me with tears"
   • "In me she has drowned a young girl"
   • "Terrible fish"

4. "Black Rook in Rainy Weather"

   • "A brief respite from fear of total neutrality"
   • "Dull, runious"
   • "i do not expect miracle"
   • "Angel may choose to flare/suddenly at my elbow"