Metaphors - A poem by Sylvia Plath


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Sylvia Plath - Metaphors

I'm a riddle in nine syllables,
An elephant, a ponderous house,
A melon strolling on two tendrils.
O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!
This loaf's big with its yeasty rising.
Money's new-minted in this fat purse.
I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf.
I've eaten a bag of green apples,
Boarded the train there's no getting off.

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Poet: Sylvia Plath Poem: Metaphors Volume: The Collected Poems Year: Published/Written in 1959 Poem of the Day: Aug 6 2004 Comment 34 of 34, added on April 14th, 2008 at 4:53 PM. i think this poem is a biographe from sylvia.sylvia speak about his life when she was a child in his nine month .however this poem is very good for me.tel 02109192807833 ali from Iran Comment 33 of 34, added on March 25th, 2008 at 3:26 AM. I think that Plath's was very happy to be pregnant becaus she describe her baby as ivory and green apples matta from Egypt Comment 32 of 34, added on November 16th, 2007 at 11:41 PM. this poem is so simple yet there is so much into it.. one of my favourites poems. munique from United Kingdom More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Metaphors, has received 34 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: Metaphors Volume: The Collected Poems Year: Published/Written in 1959 Last read: May 14 2008, 10:17AM Poem of the Day: Aug 6 2004 Viewed 93775 times. Added on November 16th, 2007 at 11:41 PM.

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