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seamus
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|  | Sylvia Plath
« Thread Started on Apr 8, 2008, 2:07pm » | |
I know most people into poetry will already know Sylvia's work but seriously she is a fantastic writer. Granted she can be overly depressing at times but she's brilliant and not only that she literally arouses me. (How sad am I getting sexually aroused by poetry!!)  I recommed the book 'Ariel' in particular. Many of her own readings have been put to videos on youtube also check her out guys!!
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| | Re: Sylvia Plath
« Reply #1 on Apr 12, 2008, 6:20am » | |
she was indeed quite the poet, although i am wondering just how you decide when a poet is too depressing. here is an excellent link to most of her poetry online for those interested: http://www.stanford.edu/class/engl187/docs/plathpoem.html Her poem Ariel is actually one of my favourites. "White Godiva, I unpeel ...."
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| | Re: Sylvia Plath
« Reply #2 on Jun 23, 2008, 2:14pm » | |
Seamus, I meant to say the other day when we were talking about Sylvia Plath that one of my most treasured literary possessions is a first edition of 'Ariel'. My dad gave me mine. It's interesting that you have one too- we should have a book viewing day! I would like to see it and
hear about where you got it from, etc., as I have a particular interest in the book.
On the subject of reading poetry, I just finished reading "Beyond Good and Evil" last night by Nietzsche. Most of it is prose philosophy, as you'd expect. It's a compelling read that really draws you in, but there's a sinister side to it as well that I don't think would sit well with most "moral" people, in the modern sense of the word. Anyway, at the end of the book there's a poem called "From the Heights", written by Nietzsche to round the book off, exemplify the book's philosophies, and bring his reveries to life in the readers' minds. I don't know if you guys have read it?- it was a very interesting structural use of a poem to close the book the like of which I've not really seen before.
One problem though is I've no German, so it's hard to get a close feel for it in English translation, especially given that it's rhymed.
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