Ariel Flashcards
1
Q
When was it written
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1962 published ariel 65
2
Q
Context
A
On Plaths final 30th birthday
-Ariel name of horse she used to ride in Devon
3
Q
Structure
A
- tercets and one orphan line
- change in Durham from focus change from relationship between Plath and horse to Plath and self
4
Q
Form
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Free verse
No rhyme scheme
Some slant rhymes and full rhymes (jumbled sensation riding a runaway horse)
5
Q
Quick techniques
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-assonance “I” sounds internalised poem
-personification of sun “red eye”
-imagery maternal “child’s cry”
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6
Q
Overview
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Plath describes the terror of a wild horseback ride and the mental and emotional transformation that the rider, and speaker, goes through as she faces death.
7
Q
Themes
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mortality, transcendence, feminine spirit, power
