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The poems in Ariel are brilliant and powerful, but often sad, since they were written at a devastating time in Plath's life. Plath had suffered from depression for years, but she was at her lowest point after her husband became involved with another woman, and her marriage dissolved. Plath had some near-death experiences in her life--an accidental near-drowning at age 10 and a suicide attempt at age 20. Close to her 30th birthday, she wrote "Lady Lazarus" which begins:

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However wanton it seemed, it was also, in a way, inevitable, even justified, like some final unwritten poem. I got a present. But I was thinking that if I unwrapped it, it would bite my face off. So I didn't. Hah.The language is sometimes very beautiful but didn’t touch the heart for me in a way that The Bell Jar did: Baldwin, Emma. "Ariel by Sylvia Plath". Poem Analysis, https://poemanalysis.com/sylvia-plath/ariel/. Accessed 1 November 2023.

Ariel by Sylvia Plath | Poetry Foundation

Reading “Lady Lazarus,” I hear Plath’s saucy voice above the bleating of the herd. If they want to look, let them look. Let them look and gape and drool.Sylvia Plath was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1932. When Plath was only eight years old, her father, who had been strict and authoritarian in his parenting style, died. His death would become the driving force behind a number of her most famous poems, most notably “ Daddy.” Plath graduated summa cum laude from Smith College in 1955. This is the same year in which “Two Lovers and a Beachcomber by the Real Sea” was published. She had battled with depression throughout her schooling, attempting suicide in 1953. You really shouldn't have taken the kittens and given them to the neighbours without a by-your-leave. I think I am going to pour sulphuric acid on your head while you are sleeping. I'll do it tonight. Yes. Plath’s poems are a tribute to the resourcefulness of the creative imagination and its capacity to render meaningful the hazardous course of an individual life.

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My most favourite in this collection is a poem titled ‘Tulips’. It’s so different and unique. It spoke to me the most and I saw myself thriving in between the lines of this poem. My experience with the entire collection was simultaneously very familiar and yet a little different. I got to revisit some of my old favorites, which still haven’t lost their magic over me. I’d love to explain why I love each and every one of them, and what they mean to me, however, I’m choosing to only mention some of them briefly. Most poetry is best experienced “blind” yourself, and if you are interested in reading some analyses, there are many out there that do a way better job than I ever could. If you want me to, I’d much rather direct any of you who are interested there, than do a butch-jobCritical Analysis of "Ariel" | A Poem by Sylvia Plath". ASKLITERATURE. 11 November 2018 . Retrieved 27 October 2022. Ariel: The Restored Edition : a Facsimile of Plath's Manuscript, Reinstating Her Original Selection and Arrangement

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The poems in the 1965 edition of Ariel, with their free flowing images and characteristically menacing psychic landscapes, marked a dramatic turn from Plath's earlier Colossus poems.There is no formal rhyme scheme. The poem is characterised by conciseness, density and imaginative imagery. Plath’s use of words is complex and subject to multiple interpretations. Sylvia Plath has been, and probably always will be, a poet whom words hits me harder than many others’ ever will. Many of the poems in this collection are very familiar to me: I’ve shed tears over them, adored them, resented them, analyzed them to death and absorbed their every message in my heart over the course of years now. However, this was my first time reading this collection as a whole, as opposed to fragmented pieces over time. I got one of those 48 hour bugs. That's why he's still alive. If I had any strength in my limbs I would have sulphuric-acided his head last night. It is too concentrated and detached and ironic for “confessional” verse, with all that implies of self-indulgent cashing-in on misfortunes; and it is violent without any deliberate exploitation of horrors and petty nastiness.

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