Comment 3 of 3, added on December 16th, 2006 at 4:20 AM.
we know thet sylvia suffered from a mental illness throught her life.she
attended to commit suicide several times,and death was always in her
mind.she also lost her dady when 8 years old.this poem is exactly about
death.everythink is black in her world,black is the color of death.shadows
are the world of ideas,imitations(from greek plato),it's not the real
world.little light symbolizes that she is still alive and hope for life,she
is not in a hurry...but still,she thinks of death!full of dark advice is a
clue in here.at the beginning of poem we see the image of lake,the symbol
to which i came across in her mirror poem before. she travels in a black
boat in a black lake.this lake is the lake of fate,an allusion from greek
mythology.it is again the world of death and it is cold.i again see a
metaohor that see used in her mirror poem,fish.difficulties makes goodbyes
hard says she in the lines a snag is lifting a valedictory.stars open among
the lilies,she is still in the waters,lily is an water plant,this line has
a connestion with the line a little light is filtering from the water
flowers,and these flowers are exactly lilies!the sky is open and she can
see the stars.stars are symbols of our fates!she can see and travel through
her future,her death...yes,death is
emotionless,silent,still,dark,terrifying.souls are shocked because of this
silence,stilness of death...and this world is the world of DEATH.
this poem is amazing for me,i really love sylvia's style.she's a great poet
i think.althougt this is a poem about death,she newer used the word of
death!i can see wit in her poems.perfect...
elis from
Turkey
we know thet sylvia suffered from a mental illness throught her life.she
attended to commit suicide several times,and death was always in her
mind.she also lost her dady when 8 years old.this poem is exactly about
death.everythink is black in her world,black is the color of death.shadows
are the world of ideas,imitations(from greek plato),it's not the real
world.little light symbolizes that she is still alive and hope for life,she
is not in a hurry...but still,she thinks of death!full of dark advice is a
clue in here.at the beginning of poem we see the image of lake,the symbol
to which i came across in her mirror poem before. she travels in a black
boat in a black lake.this lake is the lake of fate,an allusion from greek
mythology.it is again the world of death and it is cold.i again see a
metaohor that see used in her mirror poem,fish.difficulties makes goodbyes
hard says she in the lines a snag is lifting a valedictory.stars open among
the lilies,she is still in the waters,lily is an water plant,this line has
a connestion with the line a little light is filtering from the water
flowers,and these flowers are exactly lilies!the sky is open and she can
see the stars.stars are symbols of our fates!she can see and travel through
her future,her death...yes,death is
emotionless,silent,still,dark,terrifying.souls are shocked because of this
silence,stilness of death...and this world is the world of DEATH.
this poem is amazing for me,i really love sylvia's style.she's a great poet
i think.althougt this is a poem about death,she newer used the word of
death!i can see wit in her poems.perfect...
elis from Turkey