Ariel analysis:
In the poem Ariel by Sylvia Plath we are shown the emotions of first time parenting. The poem Ariel begins in total darkness. The girl, Ariel while riding her horse sees another woman riding on her horse and calls her God’s lioness. She feels the power as her horse and her unite into one. She feels this through her heels and knees tangled. The field she is riding through splits and vanishes behind her. Continuing to ride she notices black berries “casting dark hooks.” “something else” hauls her through the air, she describes this as thighs hair and flakes from her heels. She hears a child’s scream but ignores them. she is now the arrow and has “flies suicidal.” She then rides into the morning sun and calls it the red eye.
Morning song analysis:
In the poem morning song by Sylvia Plath a mother is introduced to parenting. She is new at mothering and seems to be overwhelmed or exhausted by the emotions. When the poem first starts during the birth of her child. “our voices echo magnifying your arrival” this is during the birth of her child. “we stand round blankly as walls” this indicates everyone is filled with emotion, not knowing what to do or say or how to act. As the poem continues emotions do not fade but excitement does. Emotions and exhaustion begin to unite to create a very stressed mother “One cry I stumble from my bed” tells us she is on alert because it is her first time parenting. It also shows us the exhaustion from parenting the baby. This poem is about the depths of new motherhood.
Applicant analysis:
In the poem The Applicant by Sylvia Palth it shows inequality against women. She has an a man who wants to find the perfect applicant for his perfect product. As he interviews a person he asks many question even personal that sarcastically hint to politics and social issues. As he asks his question it shows society against women. As society begins to When the poem further develops it shows that women are treated as a servant. It implies that society thinks women should be prepared to wait on their husbands hand and foot and also do whatever their husbands ask of them. They begin educate people to continue this by acting as though it is correct. It unites women with society to make it seem like a normal occurrence. This seems to worry the author as she expresses throughout the poem in a more subtle yet very loud way.