Plath is the Kahlo of writing. She wrote about herself because that is what she knew best. Her writing is art generated from a very particular time and place only she could travel to. Readers should appreciate the portal she opened through writing. Plath’s writing is the perfect host for rich misreading.
lacksagoo, that's a bit more of a 'declaration' than a 'discussion' of the premiss. i just know you can say more on this topic! why don't you like it? do you also feel she is not a skilled poet? that her work is not 'important poetry' in the history of american literature? [these are different issues than whether you like her poetry or not.]
JJR, you have offered us a bit more than lacksagoo, but there's room for a great deal more discussion here. would you say more as well?
and, of course -- let's hear from the rest of you!
Admittedly, I'm not well-versed in Plath's... verse. I've read "Daddy" and glanced at a few others. I've read about the hardships she endured, and the tragedy that seems to define her family. Did she have an impact on the poets and future poets who read her work? I don't know. If she served as an inspiration to the craft of others- beautiful. Do I find her a skilled poet? In a word, no. I'm not trying to be a troll- when I read "Daddy," it seems less poetic than raving. It's about something I can't relate to in language I don't find particularly artistic.
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Plath is the Kahlo of writing. She wrote about herself because that is what she knew best. Her writing is art generated from a very particular time and place only she could travel to. Readers should appreciate the portal she opened through writing. Plath’s writing is the perfect host for rich misreading.
I don't like her poetry.
lacksagoo, that's a bit more of a 'declaration' than a 'discussion' of the premiss. i just know you can say more on this topic! why don't you like it? do you also feel she is not a skilled poet? that her work is not 'important poetry' in the history of american literature? [these are different issues than whether you like her poetry or not.]
JJR, you have offered us a bit more than lacksagoo, but there's room for a great deal more discussion here. would you say more as well?
and, of course -- let's hear from the rest of you!
Admittedly, I'm not well-versed in Plath's... verse. I've read "Daddy" and glanced at a few others. I've read about the hardships she endured, and the tragedy that seems to define her family. Did she have an impact on the poets and future poets who read her work? I don't know. If she served as an inspiration to the craft of others- beautiful. Do I find her a skilled poet? In a word, no. I'm not trying to be a troll- when I read "Daddy," it seems less poetic than raving. It's about something I can't relate to in language I don't find particularly artistic.
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