Sylvia Plath Flashcards
List of Poems
1) Elm
2) Mirror
3) Poppies in July
4) The Arrival of the Bee Box
5) Morning Song
6) Child
Poem 1: Elm - Techniques
- Personification
- Rhetorical Questions
- Repetition
Personification quote from Elm and accompanying emotion?
“I know the bottom, she says. I know it in my great tap roots.”
- Fear.
Rhetorical Questions from Elm and accompanying emotion?
“Are those the faces of love, those pale irretrievables?
Is it for such I agitate my heart?”
- Loneliness.
Repetition Quote from Elm and accompanying emotion?
“These are the isolate slow faults
That kill, that kill, that kill.”
- Sadness.
Poem 2: Mirror - Techniques
1) Personification
2) Symbolism
3) Contrast
Personification quote from Mirror and accompanying emotion?
“I am not cruel, only truthful”
“The eye of a little God”
- Fear.
Symbolism quote from Mirror and accompanying emotion?
” A woman bends over me, searching my reaches for what she really is.”
- Uncertainty/ unhappiness at who she is.
Contrast quote from Mirror and accompanying emotion?
“In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman
Rises toward her day after day, like a terrible fish”.
- Shame.
Poem 3: Poppies in July - Techniques
1) Contrast
2) Metaphor
3) Sibilance
Contrast quote from Poppies in July and accompanying emotion?
“Little poppies, little hell flames”
- Resentment, anger.
Metaphor from Poppies in July and accompanying emotion?
“A mouth just bloodied.
Little bloodied skirts!”
- Betrayal.
Sibilance quote from Poppies in July and accompanying emotion?
“Where are your opiates, your nauseous capsules?”
- Desperate yearning for relief.
Poem 4: The Arrival of the Bee Box - Techniques
1) Internal rhyme
2) Mood
3) Repetition
Internal rhyme quote and accompanying emotion in TABB?
“The box is locked, it is dangerous”
- Fear
