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 (Sylvia Plath Art) Poem: Mad Girl's Love Song Poem of the Day: Apr 10 2006 Comment 77 of 77, added on October 23rd, 2009 at 4:35 PM. Poem about love that only touched her and has not been fulfilled. Funny how american readers can find God everywhere. Also here in something more physical than most of others. Jack from Czech Republic Comment 76 of 77, added on May 24th, 2009 at 7:58 PM. I think this is a poem about how she thinks that love is pointless. She dreams of this wonderful man coming into her life, but tricks her into sleeping with him before marriage (which is against her beliefs) and so God comes in and punishes her and whatnot. And he leaves her, but promises to return. He never does, and she forgets him. When she says she should have loved a thunderbird, I think she is saying she should have loved someone who wouldn't leave her. But keep in mind she believes it is all a dream, either that or this is how she thinks it will go when she falls in love. Mea from United States Comment 75 of 77, added on May 12th, 2009 at 11:12 PM. I think its about her dad, and how he left her when he died. molly 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 77 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: Nov 22 2009, 10:38AM Poem of the Day: Apr 10 2006 Viewed 73397 times. Added on May 12th, 2009 at 11:12 PM.

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