67675656565655656565 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

apparently sylvia plath was scared of ovens.

Barbnovac (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

She is so brilliant. This poem is chilling. She's ten times the poet Ted Hughes was!Marvellous. Thanks so much for posting.

readingsorcerer (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Yes, yes she is talking about her dad BUT she is also talking about her husband Ted Hughes. Take this line for example: "I made a modle of you, A man in black with a Meinkampf look And a love of the rackand the screw. And I said I do, I do."

captaincrabula (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

i don't believe so. from the bits i've read here and there, it seems she was just drawing from her own life for this narrative. plath was born in Massachusetts in 1932 and her father was a professor of zoology and German at Boston University..

0straw0 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

I don't think that word at the end spoils it at all, it's a stunning finish.

killianRZ (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

I don't think the reading is monotonous. (It is a mistake to be too dramatic when reading poetry. The words should speak for themselves.) Actually, I feel a lot of emotion from Sylvia in this reading (and all her readings for that matter). As for being whiny, well, she was definately a big complainer, although she was excellent poet.

myblueskeleton (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Sylvia is amazing.

Sam270598 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

If she didnt say ba**ard at the end that poem would be the nicest thing i have ever heard R.I.P Sylvia Plath

daisyplants (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

I don't know, I was kind of disappointed by her voice. It's such a great poem but her voice is more monotonous and whiny than I'd imagined.

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