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Comment 1 of 1, added on June 22nd, 2005 at 7:39 AM.
Fever at 103. In this poem the person is literally burning , as she tries
to free herself from the sin, the sin. There is redemption and the
possibility to resurrect which is a typical metaphor in Plath's poetry. The
image of the final take-off towards paradise, as the ego is establishing
itself, and the scarves flow away from the protagonist, multi-colored.
After all what does it mean to be pure, unfettered by the roles of smoke or
the water that makes us wretch. I see the surreal in the domestic as well,
the unthinkable, the roses and camelias. Do we die to ourselves only to be
reborn. The ultimate dissolution of the self only to be recreated, going to
Paradise.
Julie from United States
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Fever at 103. In this poem the person is literally burning , as she tries
to free herself from the sin, the sin. There is redemption and the
possibility to resurrect which is a typical metaphor in Plath's poetry. The
image of the final take-off towards paradise, as the ego is establishing
itself, and the scarves flow away from the protagonist, multi-colored.
After all what does it mean to be pure, unfettered by the roles of smoke or
the water that makes us wretch. I see the surreal in the domestic as well,
the unthinkable, the roses and camelias. Do we die to ourselves only to be
reborn. The ultimate dissolution of the self only to be recreated, going to
Paradise.
Julie from United States