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Tone Analysis
The tone in this poem is happy. Plath in this poem describes how love changed her for the better. Throughout the poem, she talks about how special she feels.

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Figurative Language
1. "Though, like a stone, unbothered by it  (simile)"
2. "And I slept on like a bent finger (simile)"
3. "I started to bud like a March twig (simile)"
Most of the figurative language in this poem is a simile. This is important because Plath is trying to help us understand her feelings. For example, by comparing normal people to a stone, we can get an image of someone very boring and regular (not special).

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This poem is about Plath receiving a love letter. She describes her feelings before and after receiving this letter. She claims she changed, and before the letter she was just an ordinary person. After she received it, however, she felt different and was transformed. This is shown when she says, "Not easy to state the change you made... From stone to cloud, so I ascended." In these lines she says she used to be a stone (symbol for regular people) and changed into a cloud (she became much lighter).

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Storyline
The conflict is that Plath's husband cheated on her with a woman who is his mistress. The mistress (Assia Weevil) seems to feel no remorse and continues the relationship she has with her husband. This poem focuses on the mistress as she is Plath's "Rival." She explains how Assia's beauty may be alluring, but she is destroying a married couple's relationship. Plath doesn't really talk about her husband, but he is involved in this issue since he is Plath's husband and shouldn't have cheated on her.

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Theme Analysis
The theme presented in this poem would be beauty. Beauty can be captivating, but it can also be dangerous. The most beautiful person may be the most cruel person ever.

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This poem talks about how Plath feels about her husband's mistress, Assia Weevil. When Plath says, "Of something beautiful, but annihilating," she means that she may be beautiful, but that could be dangerous. It can destroy the wife because her husband is cheating on her. She's obviously hurt because of her husband's cheating, but this poem focuses on how Assia (another woman) ruined her marriage. She compares Medusa to Assia by saying, "Your first gift is making stone out of everything." She's referring to an allusion (Medusa) because Medusa was fooling people with her beauty  and turning them into stone which is not that different from what Assia did -- becoming the mistress of a married woman's husband. Plath says Assia is her competition and rival in winning her husband's heart.

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Motif
A motif in this poem is freedom. She constantly mentions how free she feels when she rides her horse. She also mentions how empowered she feels.

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Allusion
This poem has an allusion to Lady Godiva, the wife of a very wicked king who rode her horse trying to protest against him.

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This poem is about Plath feeling free. She describes riding her horse through the wind and feeling like she can do anything. This is shown when she says, "White Godiva, I unpeel." This is a reference to Lady Godiva, the wife of a wicked king who protested against him on her horse. Overall, this shows she feels empowered when she is able to ride her horse.

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Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVE75VG90X0
The song and poem both talk about someone who is in so much pain and depression to the point where suicide had crossed their minds.

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Theme Analysis
A theme presented in this poem would be death. The woman feels as if there's nothing left for her to do to grow and when you reach that point, you feel that death is the only thing left to come. She has felt this way for a long time and she doesn't want to feel that way anymore.

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This poem talks about a woman who seems to be Plath according to critics. The woman feels as if she's "perfected" or there's no more room in her life left for her to grow.  Her feet say, "We have come so far, it is over" and this means they have been given the ability to testify how far they have carried her and how relieved they feel since they're done carrying her. When it says, "The moon has nothing to be sad about," this means the moon is used to seeing death because that's what she stares down upon everyday. The woman feels like there is no more she can do, so she basically takes her life.

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Symbol: House
The house represents the elegance of women.

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Allusion
This poem is based on the painting "Conversation Among the Ruins."

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This poem is based on the art piece "Conversation Among the Ruins." This poem is about a destructive relationship between a man and a woman. Their relationship was described as being in ruins. This is portrayed by the ruins in the background of the painting. Additionally, this couple is described as being in different eras (which represents them being on different pages). This is shown when she says, "While you stand heroic in coat and tie, I sit Composed in Grecian tunic and psyche-knot." This shows the woman is from ancient Greece while the man is from a more recent era. Overall, this poem describes Plath's relationship with her husband after he "ruined" everything and left their relationship in "ruins."

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Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=tk36ovCMsU8
This song talks about a person who is so used to fighting with their partner that he/she thinks that staying silent would be the right thing to do. In this poem, Plath is afraid of the words her tongue would unleash to her husband who cheated on her, so she stays silent. Both of them have been silent because of someone they love.

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World News Connection
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/28/twitter-facebook-saudi-oppression
This talks about a Saudi Arabian activist leader who is trying to fight for the right to drive in her country, Saudi Arabia. Tyrants and dictators are trying to silence her and many others who believe in the same thing as her on Twitter, so she eventually closes her account.

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This poem talks about Plath, who is a "great surgeon" or hardworking mother and woman, and now has turned to a "tattooist" or someone whose words will be permanent now through poems. Plath's husband, Ted Hughes, cheated on her with her best friend. So, she has many words to say to her husband. She wonders if she should cut off her tongue because she's angry and she'd let all that anger out through her words. It turns out she doesn't say anything to her husband.

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Location Allusion

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Poem Type
This poem is a pastoral poem. Pastoral poems are poems about romanticizing nature. This is significant because it shows Plath's connection and love for nature. A characteristic shown is the romanization of country life by someone who lives in the city. Additionally, Plath describes the beauty of nature by talking about its beautiful colors, and how they blend together like a watercolor painting.

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This poem is about the time Plath visited Grantchester Meadows. In this poem she speaks about how beautiful the country is. She admires the simplicity and beauty of country life. However, she makes sure to point out how there are also negatives, and how things could go wrong. This is shown when she says, "Hands laced, in a moony indolence of love—Black-gowned, but unaware How in such mile air The owl shall stoop from his turret, the rat cry out." In this stanza she describes an owl eating a rat (the cycle of life). She uses this to remind readers that nature is beautiful, but also as a harsh reality.

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Figurative Language
1. Personification: "How the balconies echoed!"
If something is echoing, then the
2. Simile: "The trees stiffen into place like burnt nerves."
When you say your nerves are
3. Oxymoron: "...beautiful rubber plants..."
These pieces of figurative language are different from each other, but they all describe Plath's observations when she's driving in the silent neighborhood and how the mental hospital is like. These observations are from her own experience and she wrote about it (this poem) because it was important to her.

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Confessional Poetry
This poem is an example of confessional poetry because "I" is mentioned two times, referring to Plath herself. This must've been a significant event in her life, visiting a mental hospital, so she wrote about it. She described all of this in a very personal manner, what she observed to what thoughts were going around in her mind.

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This poem talks about Plath who is driving and someone is with her in the car, and the place she's driving through seems to be "noiseless." The place she is driving through is a neighborhood and everything looks fake (constantly seeing the same houses and trees). Then, they go to a "sea resort," which means mental hospital. She sees the patients at the hospital and how fake their smiles are as well as the plants there that are made of rubber. Nurses would take care of them but then they'd eventually have to go back home to their families and live their lives.

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Video
This video talks about seasonal depression and how it causes a lack of energy in people when the weather starts to become cold, which Plath mentions in her poem.

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Understanding Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

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Location
Connecticut River:
I think Plath decided to mention the river of this certain state because she was actually born there so it must've been an important part of her childhood, which elicited joy from her.

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US News Connection
https://medium.com/@Shesreallyfat/what-trumps-solipsism-means-for-us-98934adeaaf0
(this talks about how Trump is a solipsists and how that affects Americans).

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Motif
There is a motif of control either of a person, their personality traits, or the weather. This motif represents the lack of control and dimension the people in the poem have (according to the solipsist).

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This poem is about Plath (being a solipsist) talking about all the things she controls. She talks about being able to control things like the weather and people. She also mentions people surrounding her are only there because she wanted them to be, but they are not real people with real feelings. This is supported when she says, "I Know you appear Vivid at my side, Denying you sprang out of my head,  Claiming you feel." I believe this poem is about Plath being in a great mood. She feels the day is going her way, but she decides to exaggerate it to get her point across.

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This poem talks about everything outside being gold or "meadows of gold dust." Gold is a color brought up in fall. Everyone is happy and excited when everything looks gold because it's beautiful. People are also energetic and doing activities they enjoy doing. Once everything isn't gold anymore, people are no longer excited and lack energy.

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Syntax
Syntax is important in this poem because it can make you ponder about what the words mean. Difficult words such as "heft," "globed," and "midden" are some examples. If you see words like those, it makes you want to think and actually understand what the poem means.

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Allusion
The Garden of Eden is a biblical term which was a paradise created by God for Adam and Eve to inhabit.

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This poem talks about Adam and Eve who were both "green" or innocent when they were born. Then, a difficulty arises them and they need to get through it. The process of pushing through can be difficult, but it will be worth it at the end. There's a "flame" inside them that keeps them going. Even if they weren't innocent anymore, they could still strive to do better and try to be good people.

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Symbol: White
The color white represents innocence. She says the white snow is gone, symbolizing her innocence is gone.

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Tone Analysis
The tone in this poem seems to be exhaustion. The prostitute in the poem sounds like she has given up.  She sounds like she has given up on men, and has decided men will always mistreat her. She also looks physically exhausted, she has dirt on her face and does not take good care of herself.

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This poem talks about a woman Plath meets who is a prostitute that is sick of being used by men. She talks about how much the prostitute hates her job. She then goes on to describe the way she looks by pointing out her bruises and her scars. Finally, she describes meeting her and feeling that they aren't as different as people may think they are. The meaning of this poem is that Plath feels she is being "prostituted" (used) in real life. This is supported when she says, "Mere bruit of her takes our street until every man,  Red, pale or dark, Veers to her slouch." This shows she believes every man eventually use her like they use the prostitute, either in her career or in her relationships.

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Mood Reflection
The mood of this poem seems to be caution. She mentions in the poem that she notices how cold and distant her friend is being. She doesn't know how to react, but decides to be wary of her situation, and reciprocate the behaviour. I can relate to this situation because I have been in it to a certain extent before. Some of my friends were being very fake with me, and I did not know how to react.

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Storyline
In this "story" Sylvia and her friend Assia have a strain in their friendship. Assia is being fake, cold, and almost robotic to her. Sylvia, not knowing what to do, decides to go along with it and starts being fake back. In this poem, their issues are never resolved. It seems their issues were never solved in real life either.

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This poems talks about a woman who is judged and given "smile of iceboxes" or cold smiles, which she doesn't like receiving. Each day she has to force herself to become someone she truly isn't so people won't judge her. She wonders if she's in love with this "red material." Making dresses and coats is what she does so she can escape from the world. So, she gets lost into a world of her own, where people judging her doesn't matter to her.

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Imagery
1. "Now I am a lake."
2. "A woman bends over me."
3. "...she turns to those liars, the candles or the moon."
These pieces of imagery describe how people will often turn to those who have lied to them and not to those who would be honest about who they really are.

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Tone Analysis
The tone in this poem seems to be very gentle. Even though she is asking for change and asking for progress to be made, her tone does not seem demanding. This makes it sound like she is not demanding progress in Women's Rights, but more so advising women to never settle. This is supported by her use of the word "dear."

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Symbol: Lake
In the poem, the lake symbolizes true reflection. The lake isn't going to show you what you want to see, but it will show you what you really are.

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Allusion
Eva (Eve) is a biblical character. She was the first woman on Earth to be created.

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This poem talks about that Plath will be "only truthful" even if the truth hurts. She's not being evil or "cruel," instead she's giving people honesty. People tend to turn to people who won't be truthful to them. Turning to someone who hasn't lied to you or wronged you is better than someone who hasn't done neither of them.  She's also accepted the fact that whatever has been done or said to her in the past, she can't escape from it -- it's all the truth.

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This poem is about Plath teaching all women a lesson by speaking through Eva (Eve). She tells them they have made progress with women's rights, but they should not stop. She tells them they should strive for more and know there's a possibility of something much better. This is supported when she says, "Clocks cry: stillness is a lie, my dear; The wheels revolve, the universe keeps running. (Proud you halt upon the spiral stair)." She says staying still and stopping halfway is a lie because everything else in the universe keeps moving, so women need to move on with it.

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Symbol: Flowers
In the poem, flowers are used to represent beauty. She uses flowers to describe things she wishes she had in life such as beauty, praise, and appreciation.

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Mood Reflection
The mood of this poem is tranquility and a slight hint of jealousy. I feel this because she discusses how she would prefer the peaceful life of a flower. She also discusses how she envies the flower's beauty, and how appreciated they are. I connect to this because I also feel unappreciated in life sometimes, and I can understand her wanting the praise and adoration of others.

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Symbol: Tree
In the poem, the trees represent death/life. They are used to describe immortality and new beginnings.

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This poem talks about that in today's society, "we move in jade and cease with garnet," so we care about wealth more than many things. We get so into wealth and don't realize death will eventually take us away. Death is destined to come. Also, you cannot escape time. We should care about the experiences we will have in this world because we never know when we'll have our last breath.

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Mood Reflection
The mood of the poem is sadness and misery. I feel this way because the fact that death will eventually come creates a sad aura. I feel misery because we care about wealth more than most things and we will stay miserable that way. In this poem, I understand that caring about wealth isn't as important as living your life to its fullest. So I make sure I do anything I enjoy, with no regrets.

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Theme Analysis
The theme presented is death. While people are busy in their lives, they should understand that death can come out of nowhere. Every single person will experience death. We should spend our lives in a way that when death comes, we don't feel like we haven't done anything meaningful.

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This poem talks about Sylvia's feelings about being "vertical" instead of "horizontal." She says she wants to lie down horizontally (die) so she can be more useful in death by letting her body be used by the flowers and trees to grow. She says, "And I shall be useful when I lie down finally." By doing this, she would become one with nature. The reason she wants this is because she is jealous of how beautiful the flowers are. She also craves the attention and appreciation they receive.