Uniwersyteckie Czasopisma NaukoweBetween stillness and noise: An analysis of Sylvia Plath’s poem “Tulips”
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silence, noise, tulips, poetry, confessionalAbstrakt
The theme of silence in poetry may be presented in a broad sense. It may concern the poem’s structure as well as its content. When reading Sylvia Plath’s poetry, a variety of recurring themes can be explored, mainly family ties, unhappy love, death, depression. They are connected with strictly personal experiences. This is the reason why Plath’s poetry is considered both autobiographical and confessional. Through the analysis of the poem “Tulips”, published in the collection Ariel in 1965, different depictions and understandings of silence are be explored, ones that encourage readers to look at Plath’s “Tulips” from different points of view. The article analyzes the poem through a discussion of the themes of silence and noise which intermingle with each other throughout the poem’s components, such as the structure, the setting, and the speaker’s feelings.
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