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Comment 5 of 35, added on March 27th, 2005 at 5:53 PM.
There are nine lines in the poem, nine syllables in each line, and nine
months in a pregnancy. The speaker is pregnant. The speakers is also not
happy about being pregnant. She feel like her cargo is more important that
she is. While she is “… an elephant, a… house, a melon… a fat purse… a
means…”, the baby is the ivory from the elephant, the valuable timber in
the house, and the fruit inside the melon. The baby is the money in the fat
purse that is the speaker. There is no more joy in being sick from
pregnancy than from being sick by stupidly eating a bag of green apples,
according to the speaker. The speaker not only regrets becoming pregnant,
but also views it as a stupid choice for which she is being punished.
a student of English from United States
Comment 4 of 35, added on March 6th, 2005 at 1:00 AM.
this poem made me laugh im 4 monthes prego and it brought a smile to my
face i love the line a melon strolling on two tendrils. its so clever.
ashley from United States
Comment 3 of 35, added on January 7th, 2005 at 9:15 AM.
i liked this peom plaese make more like this kk
someone from Australia
Comment 2 of 35, added on September 9th, 2004 at 9:41 PM.
I wish I read this when I was pregnant or when my friends were. Just
reading it makes me feel good no matter how many times I read it. If I met
Sylvia Plath today the first thing I would say would be thank you.
laniek
Comment 1 of 35, added on September 2nd, 2004 at 2:23 AM.
I think this is brilliant! Sylvia Plath was a clever woman! nine syllables
in each line, nine lines in total. What is so significant about the number
nine? pregnancy of course!
Lena
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There are nine lines in the poem, nine syllables in each line, and nine
months in a pregnancy. The speaker is pregnant. The speakers is also not
happy about being pregnant. She feel like her cargo is more important that
she is. While she is “… an elephant, a… house, a melon… a fat purse… a
means…”, the baby is the ivory from the elephant, the valuable timber in
the house, and the fruit inside the melon. The baby is the money in the fat
purse that is the speaker. There is no more joy in being sick from
pregnancy than from being sick by stupidly eating a bag of green apples,
according to the speaker. The speaker not only regrets becoming pregnant,
but also views it as a stupid choice for which she is being punished.
a student of English from United States