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Jing Li
(3/24/2009 5:40:00 PM) |
i strong agree Daniel's comment.
we have to love this womans intense use of imagery.
when i read the poem, i can almost see the blood.
i almost want to cut my thumb and want to see how blood work
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Ashley Page
(3/19/2009 6:44:00 PM) |
This poem is great displaying so much crazy imagery. Because of her Depression she wrote a great poem showing alot of the deep emotions she felt. It was interesting how she described the cut in such great detail, making it seem like it was her finger when in relaity it was her finger.
I love the symbolism she used to describe the cut. I love how well she made the poem flow with all the imagery showing really how she saw the world in her her eyes. It is sad she lost her life at such a young age because I feel she could have written some more of the greatest poems ever!
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Daniel Polniak
(3/19/2009 6:43:00 PM) |
Well here is what i thought about the poem. It was pretty weird and coplicated. At first i thought she was comparing her cut to talk about something else. pretty weird. At times is almost like she meant to, but then she quickly changes her mind, and decides it was an accident. The imagery is awesome, you can almost see the blood. its funny how she never mentions blood, but thats ok. its a great poem anyway.
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Stephanie Arado
(3/19/2009 6:40:00 PM) |
My students are reading cut. I asked them to post their comments about this poem on your website. I see a montage of images here connected by the color red. A powerful color usually associated with violence and passion. I love the red coats line and can see the little soldiers running down her finger. Nearly every stanza has violent characters. Just a mention of the Kamakaze or the Klan envoke feelings of finality and terror. Blood is also our life fluid. In this poem and in her little cut, she describes herself as her life slips away.
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Jordyn Rizzio
(3/19/2009 6:37:00 PM) |
I absolutely loved this poem. Silvia Plath is a true poet. It is sad that she was so depressed and all but because of her depression she wrote something that was deep and meaningful. I like how in the first stanza it talks about how the finger was cut instead of the onion. That lets me know what the poem is going to be about. Then in the rest of the stanzas she describes how the cut looks and feels.
I love how she uses words to describe the look of the cut. The 'Ku Klux Klan' which talks about how the guaze is white. I like how the cut stood like a hat, and how the pink fuzz represented the peroxide cleaning out her cut. I usually tend to like poems that rhyme more.
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Jack Ruckus
(3/19/2009 6:34:00 PM) |
This poem has crazy imagery! Plath is able to take someting as small as a cut on her finger and turn it into the string of images each more realistic and disturbing than the last. Bringing in images such as the pilgrims and even the Ku Klux Klan, the way she takes one image and moves it to next is astounding!
It is a real shame that Ms. Plath lost her life so young! She had so much promise as a poet! In this one short poem we can see how she saw the world through the lens cap of images, every little thing can be turned into a grand poem.
This work is brilliant and i think should be read by everyone. She is truly going ot be missed but this wonderful poem will still live on in memoery of a wonderful young woman.
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Rus Szkodyn
(3/19/2009 6:23:00 PM) |
This poem is very graphic and somewhat disturbing. I love the imagery that Sylvia used in the poems. Some imagery is more outstanding than others but they all get across the point. The similes and metaphors are well used.
It also is sad to think that Sylvia wrote these kinds of poems while being depressed. Sad to know that such a wonderful poet died at a young age.If she was able to continue writing it would be interesting to read what she would of continued to write.
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Kristine Sloma
(3/19/2009 6:17:00 PM) |
I really enjoyed reading this poem. I have never read anything by Sylvia Plath before, and I wasn't sure what to expect. I really liked seeing her view of something accidental turning into something very real. I wasn't too sure what the poem was actually about until I read the part about the blood being redcoats. That made me realize that she was talking about a war. When I was done reading the poem I was very surprised that her imagery was so 'deep.' I didn't expect to see the images of the true message that quickly, but with her imagery it was pretty hard to miss it.
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Justin Jelenek
(4/3/2008 2:44:00 AM) |
Very gruesome and graphic. I also get a sense of hysteria from this poem. Sylvia Plath is my new favorite poet.
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