Sylvia Plath is a famous poet from the twentieth century. Plath has been well known for using a specific handful of techniques in her poems. Such as, writing in first person point of view, writing in free verse, incorporating a complex syntax, using hyphenated words, alluding to Biblical and Greek stories, describing the importance of color, and the use of similes and metaphors. In addition, she also heavily mentioned the concept of death, resurrection, power and control, suicide, and her father. The poems that were not written by Plath are Poem 1, Poem 3, and Poem 4, which makes her the author of Poem 2. Although Poem 1 demonstrates several concepts similar to Plath, there are also several differences. The poet uses enjambment, writes
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Plath uses enjambment between each six line stanza and one line stanza. Furthermore, she writes in first person point of view and incorporates caesura, metaphors, and similes throughout the poem filled with complex syntax. In addition, like some of her other poems, she writes in free verse. In this poem, Plath summarizes a person watching a man care for a bee farm, where the bees are pollinating flowers. As usual, she describes colors and develops their significance throughout the poem. In the first stanza, Plath describes a purple and scarlet-speckled, black flower opening up to allow for various pollinators to pollinate it. Meanwhile, in the third stanza, Plath describes the petals, or the walls of the flower, as orange and red, which are very bright and fiery colors, which you may find in the Underworld. Lastly, in the fifth stanza, Plath illustrates nature being so depressed that it 's crying, with the color green and “disconsolate as a tear” (18). Symbolically, Plath is describing the narrator as imagining the man and the events leading up to having sexual intercourse after marriage, since she herself could not have kids. However, the poem could also be directed to Plath’s father, who was a bee expert, and how took so much pride in his work, that he rarely spent time with
Plath uses enjambment between each six line stanza and one line stanza. Furthermore, she writes in first person point of view and incorporates caesura, metaphors, and similes throughout the poem filled with complex syntax. In addition, like some of her other poems, she writes in free verse. In this poem, Plath summarizes a person watching a man care for a bee farm, where the bees are pollinating flowers. As usual, she describes colors and develops their significance throughout the poem. In the first stanza, Plath describes a purple and scarlet-speckled, black flower opening up to allow for various pollinators to pollinate it. Meanwhile, in the third stanza, Plath describes the petals, or the walls of the flower, as orange and red, which are very bright and fiery colors, which you may find in the Underworld. Lastly, in the fifth stanza, Plath illustrates nature being so depressed that it 's crying, with the color green and “disconsolate as a tear” (18). Symbolically, Plath is describing the narrator as imagining the man and the events leading up to having sexual intercourse after marriage, since she herself could not have kids. However, the poem could also be directed to Plath’s father, who was a bee expert, and how took so much pride in his work, that he rarely spent time with