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Poet: Sylvia Plath
Poem: Jilted
Comment 4 of 4, added on August 19th, 2005 at 8:57 AM.
Oh dear. I'm ever so sorry to hear that Plath has a disorder and/or a characteristic flaw. You've been so helpful. I mean, it isn't as if I already knew that she suffered from severe depression. When *I* think of Plath, the words "carefree," "optimistic," and "exuberant" always spring to mind.
C'mon, Mr. Ph.D of Egypt. Did you really come here to bash Plath? I don't see the point, when you have gone to such great lengths to muffle your attack with ego-centric verbiage. Oh, I'd love to read these supposedly "better" poems of yours. I'm sure they're the cat's meow.
This particular poem may be lacking in substance, but its imagery is stunning. The "crabbed and yellow" thoughts and the lemon moon's "wry-faced pucker" depict such a vivid scene. And Sylvia Plath, as always, manages to thread words so seamlessly into a marvelous finished product.
Shada from United States
Comment 3 of 4, added on May 24th, 2005 at 2:33 PM.
Neat little poem. I've written better on the 2c pages of my book in my spare time, however.
Don't think I'm boasting. I did not mean to be offensive to anyone, namely the author, alive or dead that she is.
I must say that it is most impressive to someone with no linguistical training but I saw, upon eye and paper contact, that in these passages in which the poem is relayed, several betrayals of a certain character flaw which I have seen many a time in my students, that flaw I dare not mention here, as it is more of a disorder than a characteristic flaw.
Considering All Due Respects,
Professor S. W. Freemonte, MDS, Ph.D
Prof. S. W. Freemonte, MDS, Ph.D from Egypt
Comment 2 of 4, added on November 14th, 2004 at 2:34 PM.
Love has betrayed this poet.
Her thoughts are focused on the possibility of doom, and her tears are filled with so much emotion, they burn.
Love once her friend, has turned like the wind and now fills her with wonder to her fate. She physically shows her discomfort.
Yet despite all, her heart is still young and fresh, and will have the opportunity to overcome one day.
Alexandra from United States
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Oh dear. I'm ever so sorry to hear that Plath has a disorder and/or a characteristic flaw. You've been so helpful. I mean, it isn't as if I already knew that she suffered from severe depression. When *I* think of Plath, the words "carefree," "optimistic," and "exuberant" always spring to mind.
C'mon, Mr. Ph.D of Egypt. Did you really come here to bash Plath? I don't see the point, when you have gone to such great lengths to muffle your attack with ego-centric verbiage. Oh, I'd love to read these supposedly "better" poems of yours. I'm sure they're the cat's meow.
This particular poem may be lacking in substance, but its imagery is stunning. The "crabbed and yellow" thoughts and the lemon moon's "wry-faced pucker" depict such a vivid scene. And Sylvia Plath, as always, manages to thread words so seamlessly into a marvelous finished product.
Shada from United States