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Introducing Sylvia Plath 


Sylvia Plath was an American confessional poet. She was born on October 27, 1932 and she died on February 11, 1963. In her works she expressed a sense of alienation and feeling of self-destruction, closely related to her personal life. She was married to the famous English poet Ted Hughes. She suffered from bipolar disorder. 

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Introducing Briefly Her Major Works: 


1) The Colossus and Other Poems: A famous poetry collection. It contains her famous poem 'The Quieting Muses'. The poem is based on a painting by Giorgio di Chirico, an Italian artist who founded the Scuola Metafisica Art Movement that later influenced the Surrealists. The poem is addressed to her mother and the three muses there represent the twentieth century parents. 


2) The Bell Jar: A semi-autobiographical novel written under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. The protagonist is Esther Greenwood, a young woman who wants to become a writer. The novel follows her life through mental illness and suicide attempts. It is the only novel by Plath and it had been published one month before she committed suicide. 


3) Ariel: A poetry collection. 

Introducing Some of Her Major Poems: 

1) Daddy: A poem talking about her relationship with her rude father who constantly spoke in German. She expresses her unhappiness while she was with her father.

2) Lady Lazarus: A poem describing the world during the Holocaust. The speaker in the poem tries to commit suicide several times and she compares herself to the victims of the Holocaust. 

3) Tulips: A poem talking about a lady who is recovering from an unknown operation. The poem draws a contrast between the white room she is in and the red tulips. 

4) Ariel: A poem describing a naked woman riding a horse at a countryside. She is described as God's Lioness or Lady Godiva. 

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(This Weekly Post has been contributed by Rajarshi Nath, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Furkating College.) 







  

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