Mad Girl's Love Song - A poem by Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath - Mad Girl's Love Song

"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,
And arbitrary blackness gallops in:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed
And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

God topples from the sky, hell's fires fade:
Exit seraphim and Satan's men:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I fancied you'd return the way you said,
But I grow old and I forget your name.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

I should have loved a thunderbird instead;
At least when spring comes they roar back again.
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)"

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Poet: Sylvia Plath Poem: Mad Girl's Love Song Poem of the Day: Apr 10 2006 Comment 66 of 66, added on December 2nd, 2007 at 8:43 PM. I should also mention that she doesn't even meet Ted for another 4-5 years when this poem was written. Jess from United States Comment 65 of 66, added on December 2nd, 2007 at 8:38 PM. In response, this poem is not about her husband Ted Hughes. The poem was written in her first collection of poetry right before she started college at Smith College. It first appeared in a literary magazine. I'm not sure if she indended this poem to define a lover, or if she meant it to represent the expression of love itself. Either case, it's not about Ted Hughes. Jess from United States Comment 64 of 66, added on November 28th, 2007 at 11:57 AM. This poem to me shows her depression after her husband left her. And she is wishing she could have fell in love with someone different so she wouldn't have to go through that pain and she can't depcict reality from her past. Emma from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Mad Girl's Love Song, has received 66 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: Mad Girl's Love Song Last read: May 13 2008, 6:46AM Poem of the Day: Apr 10 2006 Viewed 53079 times. Added on November 28th, 2007 at 11:57 AM.

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