ENGLISH TEXT SUMMARY NOTES “Sylvia Plath’s Selected
ENGLISH TEXT SUMMARY NOTES“Sylvia Plath’s SelectedStories”Text guide by: Fran Bernardi TSSM 2008Page 1 of 18
Copyright TSSM 2008TSSMACN 099 422 670ABN 54 099 422 670A: Level 14, 474 Flinders Street Melbourne VIC 3000T: 1300 134 518F: 03 97084354W: tssm.com.auE: info@tssm.com.au TSSM 2008Page 2 of 18
CONTENTSAreas of StudyChapterTopics Covered-Chapter 1- GenreChapter 2- StructureChapter 3- Historical Issues3.1 Women in the 1950s3.2 Literary Influences-Chapter 4- StyleChapter 5- Background Notes6.1 Miss Drake Proceeds to Supper6.2 Spinster6.3 MaudlinArea of study 1 –Reading and thestudy of textsChapter 6- Poem Summaries TSSM 20086.4 Resolve6.5 Night Shift6.6 Full Fathom Five6.7 Suicide off Egg Rock6.8 The Hermit at Outermost House6.9 Medallion6.10 The Manor Garden6.11 The Stones6.12 The Burnt-Out Spa6.13 You’re6.14 Face Lift6.15 Morning Song6.16 Tulips6.17 Insomniac6.18 Wuthering Heights6.19 Finisterre6.20 The Moon and the Yew Tree6.21 Mirror6.22 The Babysitters6.23 Little Fugue6.24 An Appearance6.25 Crossing the Water6.26 Among the NarcissiPage 3 of 18
6.27 Elm6.28 Poppies in July6.29 A Birthday Present6.30 The Bee Meeting6.31 Daddy6.32 Lesbos6.33 Cut6.34 By Candlelight6.35 Ariel6.36 Poppies in October6.37 Nick and the Candlestick6.38 Letter in November6.39 Death & Co.6.40 Mary’s Song6.41 Winter Trees6.42 Sheep in Fog6.43 The Munich Mannequins6.44 Words6.45 EdgeChapter 7- Character ProfilesChapter 8- Themes and IssuesChapter 9Sample ExaminationQuestionsChapter 10Final Examination Tips TSSM 20088.1 Personal Identity8.2 Social Values8.3 The Roles of Women9.1 Sample Part 1 Questions9.2 Sample Part 2 Questions-Page 4 of 18
AREA 1:READING & THE STUDY OF TEXTS:SYLVIA PLATH’S SELECTED POETRYChapter 1GENREThe genre of poetry involves a very intense and selective use of language to convey meaning and imagesfiguratively. The word persona, rather than narrator is used to discuss the voice in the poem, which isoften given from a first person perspective in the poetry of Sylvia Plath. Also, Plath’s poems show apreference for irregular, unrhyming, free verse, thus she tends to abandons traditional, formal metre andrhyme. Figurative language is used extensively in her poetry, including similes, metaphors,personification and alliteration. Emotive adjectives and imagery also characterize Plath’s personalisedpoetic technique.Chapter 2STRUCTURESylvia Plath’s poems are often structured with uneven lengths of the lines and verses. Two-line coupletsserve to increase the speed of the action. The rhyming structure is complex at times, with the inclusion ofline rhyme and internal rhyme or alternatively, the omission of rhyming sequences. The intensity of thepoetic genre involves the consideration of assonance, which is the repetition of vowel sounds, especiallyin sequential words. Sylvia Plath’s poetic diction is highly personalized and experimental. TSSM 2008Page 5 of 18
Chapter 3HISTORICAL ISSUES3.1 Women in the 1950sSylvia Plath’s poetry is significantly influenced by the war period in which she grew up and herexperiences of womanhood in the 1950s. After World War II, the 1950s were a decade of seeminglytranquil politics and progressive industrialization and economy, but the home-orientated life thatcharacterized modern 1950s America had a profound effect on women, which ultimately led to thefeminist movement in the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1950s, though women experienced physical luxury andeducation, their professional and personal aspirations were socially limited. In a world dominated by men,women were increasingly viewed as objects or puppets. As a female artist, Sylvia Plath struggled toimagine future freedom from her mental oppression.3.2 Literary InfluencesSylvia Plath’s marriage to Ted Hughes was a mutual source of artistic inspiration. They shared supportand encouragement though their backgrounds and creative styles were very different. Plath idealised TedHughes and worked hard to promote Ted’s work. Ironically, some of her most acclaimed poems wereproduced immediately after their separation.Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath shared a common bond when they met in Robert Lovell’s poetry classesafter they had both previously attempted to commit suicide. They shared constructive criticism, thus theirpoetry demonstrates some stylistic similarities that reflect their artistic confessional tendencies. AnneSexton also took her own life.Sylvia Plath’s knowledge of Expressionism and Surrealism influenced her work. She shared a Germanbackground with these movements of art, which challenged traditional and accepted styles. Plathexperimented with the use abstract images and the creative freedom invited by such artistic styles. TSSM 2008Page 6 of 18
SYLVIA PLATH’S SELECTED POETRY Chapter 1 GENRE The genre of poetry involves a very intense and selective use of language to convey meaning and images figuratively. The word persona, rather than narrator is used to discuss the voice in the poem, which is often given from a first person perspective in the poetry of Sylvia Plath.
Text text text Text text text Text text text Text text text Text text text Text text text Text text text Text text text Text text text Text text text Text text text
Mythology: The Poetry of Sylvia Plath 11. Helpful, too, has been the study by David Holbrook Sylvia Plath: Poetry and Existence 12, in which the author uses both psychoanalysis and phenomenology as a base to look at Plath’s poetry. 1.3 Sylvia Plath The American poet Sylvia Plath was born in Boston in 1932. She died in London in 1963.
Earth Wedding, 1992 Acrylic on canvas 24 24 1⅜ in. Sylvia Sleigh Collection (2011.5) Barnett, Emily (b. 1947) Self-Portrait in the Studio, 1981 Oil on canvas 43⅞ 57⅞ 1¼ in. Sylvia Sleigh Collection (2011.7) Bastian, Linda (b. 1940) Reflecting Pool with Irises, 1990 Watercolor
You're getting to be such a pretty girl. Come here darling. It's been so long since you've seen your Aunt Sylvia. Carrie strides over to Sylvia with a big bashful grin. Suddenly the dog YIPS, SQUEALS, and WHIMPERS. Carrie shifts her eyes to the door and takes a step away from Aunt Sylvia.
5th std books maharashtra board, fifth standard english medium maharashtra board, 5th std english book, 5th std english digest, 5th std english lessons, std v english book, 5th standard english guide maharashtra board, 5th standard english balbharti, 5th standard english
Title: Std. 5th Perfect English Balbharati Workbook, English Medium (MH Board) Author: Target Publications Subject: English Balbharati Keywords: 5th std books maharashtra board, fifth standard english medium maharashtra board, 5th std english book, 5th std english digest, 5th std english lessons, std v english book, 5th standard english guide maharashtra b
French English or German English; instead we have a variety of English spoken in India, such as Hindi English, Bengali English, Urdu English, Tamil English, Kannada English, Malayalam English, Telugu English based on all these variations it can be named as Ind
Introduction A description logic (DL) knowledge base (KB) consists of a terminological box (TBox), storing conceptual knowledge, and an assertion box (ABox), storing data. Typical applica-tions of KBs involve answering queries over incomplete data sources (ABoxes) augmented by ontologies (TBoxes) that provide additional information about the domain of interest as well as a convenient .
