Monday, January 13, 2003

Monologue At 3 Am Comments

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Better that every fiber crack
and fury make head,
blood drenching vivid
couch, carpet, floor
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Sylvia Plath
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Mele Tuaone 09 June 2015

It means this: Sylvia knew that her madness and vision came with a price. The curse was knowing she would not be long for this world. So rather than sit around twiddling her thumbs and wait for death to come, she was going to expel some of that damned, enlightening energy before it happened.

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Kaylers Smith 26 February 2009

Can someone please tell me what this poem means? ?

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Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
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