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[kopi_tehoh]

Ariel by Sylvia Plath

Stasis in darkness.
Then the substanceless blue
Pour of tor and distances.

God's lioness,
How one we grow,
Pivot of heels and knees! ---The furrow

Splits and passes, sister to
The brown arc
Of the neck I cannot catch,

Nigger-eye
Berries cast dark
Hooks ---

Black sweet blood mouthfuls,
Shadows.
Something else

Hauls me through air ---
Thighs,

Comments

[wilde_poetry]

I think I've done this poem before when I was studying lit! Hahah I know you just enjoy the feelings it evokes in you. But if you're interested to know, I can give you a fairly interesting and enlightening interpretation. (:

For one, Ariel was actually the name of Plath's horse which means "God's Lioness" in Hebrew. The whole poem is laden with her thoughts of suicide, and the speed with which the images fly by her and change so rapidly as she rides represents the haziness of her state of mind. Take time to appreciate the imagery! I especially like how she likens herself to a "white Godiva".
I love the last line too.
"Into the red eye, the cauldron of morning" sounds to me like a sunrise. Symbolising hope even in times of darkness and defeat.

It's beautiful (:

[kopi_tehoh]

haha ya..i like it a lot..and because its Plath also. Anyhow I think the interpretation sounds quite true after i reread the poem again. But i read somewhere its more due to her father's death that prompted her to write this poem i think.
Hmm Red Eye, cauldron of morning..it sounds more to me like the lost of humanity will surface when morning comes..what do u think

[wilde_poetry]

Actually the time that this was written was in the context of confessional poetry being in ascendancy. Sylvia Plath was revealing her suicidal impulses through the images. I think now that you mention the loss of humanity, there's another way of looking at it: that as she rides through the darkness and confusion, death is the only way she can be free and find hope. Hence the riding into the "red eye". Bleak, huh?
That's Sylvia Plath for you. (:

[callasinsummer]

That's disturbingly beautiful. I didn't know you read poetry! Might I recommend Ode to Autumn by Keats, and Ephemera by Yeats? They're some of my favourites, you might enjoy them too!

[kopi_tehoh]

haha..yes angie..i think i saw it this way rather then ur former way..but anyhow its still nice..

and to mel..haha ya i do.but not that often..so busy..hmm..ok i will go try then out and see if it fits my appetite..haha..thanks