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Comment 25 of 55, added on November 29th, 2005 at 7:04 AM.
After reading this poem, honestly Im not a big fan but I have concluded a
few observations from it. It seems as if the two people conveyed in this
novel are really two different sides of the poet. On one side the poet
wants to be this "woman" who has children and is in the outside world and
who appears to get high off of life. The other person is the other side of
the woman. That is the true her, the one who is lonely and who tries to
"figure out" life by using her "mathematical" methods. The general idea of
the poem is interesting but overall I didnt really like it.
Latasha D from United States
Comment 24 of 55, added on November 29th, 2005 at 7:01 AM.
I think this poem shows two sides of one woman. One side is a woman who
doesn't want to be bothered with the duties of having children. The
responsibility of being a woman. She is the underground woman, whose
husband is a worm. The other side of her personality is a woman who has a
child and who is on earth. Plath did a great job conveying a contrast
between these two personalities.
Ashlee from United States
Comment 23 of 55, added on November 29th, 2005 at 1:19 AM.
Plath did a great job with this poem. When I read it, I see two sides of a
person being shown. Whether it be the author or persephone herself, I'm not
sure. But what I find in this is that we see one sister is sheltered and
not living life to the fullest where as the other one is out and enjoys the
joys of life and being considered a women because of her fertilness. And we
see the sheltered sister trying to figure things out with logic on her
"mathematical machine" because she is either to scared to go out or
confined for some reason. But, all-in-all I think that Plath did a
wonderful job with this poem that is given proof of her great reputation
that she has.
krystoff from United States
Comment 22 of 55, added on November 29th, 2005 at 1:11 AM.
I think that this poem really shows two different sides of a person.
whether it be the author or persephone, i'm not exactly sure. But we see
the way that plat really talks about the difference between being inside
and being out in the world... The comparison between living a life to the
fullest and experiencing things and staying sheltered trying to figure out
what exactly to do. All in all, i think this poem was brilliantly written
and think that it given proof of the poets great reputation.
Krystoff from United States
Comment 21 of 55, added on November 28th, 2005 at 10:43 PM.
This poem showed two sides of Persephone. The lonely underground sister is
barren and has no children. She is the wife of the worm, symbolic of the
earth and the ground and living below the sun. The sister, on the other
hand, "bears a king", and is the "suns bride". She is allowed to be in the
sunlight growign and being free while her sister sits in confinement and
wallows in her own lonliness. The sister underground is not even a "woman"
because she doesn't have any kids. Her sister is important and is a woman
because she does have a child.
Danielle from United States
Comment 20 of 55, added on November 28th, 2005 at 10:33 PM.
This poem discussed the contrast between the two identities of
"Persephone". The scrawny and weak underworld sister was denied sunlight,
growth, and even pregnancy. The other sister is above ground, growing and
devloping in the sunlight. She "becomes the suns bride" showing how she is
married and then gives birth to a king. The less fortunate sister marries
the worm and is denied the title of woman because without bearing children
she is practically worthless. The sister of the underworld is dark, bitter,
and barren, vs. her sister of fertility who is bronzed, bride, and bright.
A vivid contrast is shown that can even be compared to the life of the
author- Sylvia Plath.
Kaitlyn from United States
Comment 19 of 55, added on November 28th, 2005 at 8:05 PM.
I think that Sylvia PLath is describing her own life in this poem. The
first "sister" is who she really is. She sits in her home by herself,
writing her poetry, contemplating the meaning of her existence. She is
unhappy and unmarried. She never had kids nor did she ever marry. The
second "sister" is what she dreamt of her life. She imagined a life where
she could be free and from her own self demise. Maybe she wanted to have
kids and be married. Maybe she wanted to go outside of her "house" (meaning
her own mind).
The two are complete opposites and only one can be. The first at the end...
being Sylvia PLath dies without the "normal" tribulations and joys of being
a woman.
Arielle from Bahrain
Comment 18 of 55, added on November 28th, 2005 at 4:25 PM.
Plath is trying to portray the two women in two totally different lights.
The sister in the dark working as a mathematician obviously is living a
negative and unhappy life without freedom, while the other sister lavishes
in the exact opposite type of life. Some repetitions throughout the two
voices of the sisters is the word "ticks" and the comparision of husbantry
and fertility. The sister in the dark is "worm-husbanded" while the sister
of the light is the "sun's bride". These two comparisions of how the
sisters were husbanded directly outlines the major differences in the two
lifes. I believe that the dark sister is described as a mathematician
because she is weighed upon by rules, while the other sister has no work or
rules and is instead free. The fertility issue is also very big, obvious;y,
the dark sister was "barren". The sister of the light's expierence with
fertility is much the opposite. the sister was "lulled" or seduced and then
allowed the sun to be her husband with his "blade". The "petaled blood"
marks the loss of virginity.
stephanie from United States
Comment 17 of 55, added on November 28th, 2005 at 3:04 PM.
When I first read this poem, Two Sisters of Persephone, by Sylvia Path, I
was confused and didnt understand it at all. After reading the poem over
and over and picking out the different voices, I was able to understand the
poem. This poem is about 2 girls, or about a person with 2 sides. The first
girl is within the house, working "at this barren enterprise" and getting
nowhere. This girl is very traditional and does what she is supposed to but
she is struggling to be in the home and wants to be free. She "dry ticks
mark time" as if it was a calender counting down the time untill she will
be able to go to the other side. The second girl has freedom, she is able
to go out into the sunglight and be "near a bed of poppies". The second
women ends up becoming married to the sun and having a baby with it. The
poem then again goes on talking about the first girl, saying that she is
worthless because she doesnt have a husband or a child. This poem could
possibly be how the author feels because she is within the house with her
two children but could possibly want to be free.
Brian from United States
Comment 16 of 55, added on November 28th, 2005 at 1:29 PM.
Although Plath used very powerful language in this poem, it all seems like
a fantasy world and unrealistic. It seems to me that she is trying to show
us her two sides, or at least how she perceives herself. There’s the first
where we all see her unexposed to the world, isolated from the finer things
in life and sitting around doing nothing exciting. While in contrast, her
other side shows her less pale and more bronze, less secluded and more open
to the outdoors. It’s as if she can transform her identity. But the thing
that I disliked about the poem was that she gives the impression that a
woman can be considered less of a woman if she doesn’t bear children.
Shauntia from United States
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After reading this poem, honestly Im not a big fan but I have concluded a
few observations from it. It seems as if the two people conveyed in this
novel are really two different sides of the poet. On one side the poet
wants to be this "woman" who has children and is in the outside world and
who appears to get high off of life. The other person is the other side of
the woman. That is the true her, the one who is lonely and who tries to
"figure out" life by using her "mathematical" methods. The general idea of
the poem is interesting but overall I didnt really like it.
Latasha D from United States