Ariel - A poem by Sylvia Plath


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Sylvia Plath - Ariel

Stasis in darkness.
Then the substanceless blue
Pour of tor and distances.

God's lioness,
How one we grow,
Pivot of heels and knees! -- The furrow

Splits and passes, sister to
The brown arc
Of the neck I cannot catch,

Nigger-eye
Berries cast dark
Hooks ----

Black sweet blood mouthfuls,
Shadows.
Something else

Hauls me through air ----
Thighs, hair;
Flakes from my heels.

White
Godiva, I unpeel ----
Dead hands, dead stringencies.

And now I
Foam to wheat, a glitter of seas.
The child's cry

Melts in the wall.
And I
Am the arrow,

The dew that flies,
Suicidal, at one with the drive
Into the red

Eye, the cauldron of morning.

Added: on January 31st, 2006 at 8:35 AM | Viewed: 15650 times | Comments and analysis of Ariel by Sylvia Plath Comments (10)

Ariel - Comments and Information
Poet: Sylvia Plath Poem: Ariel Volume: The Collected Poems Year: Published/Written in 1962 Poem of the Day: Nov 24 2006 Comment 10 of 10, added on March 27th, 2006 at 9:31 PM. I just wanted to say that if you cannot appreciate what is beyond your ability of comprehension then don't say sheety stuff, pretending to be a poet. mira from Canada Comment 9 of 10, added on February 11th, 2006 at 11:23 PM. In this instance I am inclined to agree with Bilal Hasan. Though it is admittedly delightful to sum up the ideas expressed into neat little packages that can be easily referred to, this does not afford us an instantaneous understanding of the intentions of the author involved, no more than an icon affords us an instantaneous understanding of the personage of God. The reader still requires some collaborative objectivity on his/her part in order to just sit back and enjoy the ride the poet intended for him/her, which intense speculation can, if taken to the nth degree, spoil the effects of altogether -- not to mention threatening the spontaneous effects of such superfluous niceties as beauty . Bu I know, it's tempting, isn't it? :) Keira from United States Comment 8 of 10, added on January 31st, 2006 at 8:35 AM. hi i love sylvia plaths poems and i have a lot incomen with her miranda moore from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Ariel, has received 10 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Sylvia Plath with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Sylvia Plath Poem: Ariel Volume: The Collected Poems Year: Published/Written in 1962 Last read: May 17 2008, 12:36AM Poem of the Day: Nov 24 2006 Viewed 15650 times. Added on January 31st, 2006 at 8:35 AM.

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