Slyvia Plath committed suicide on February 11, 1963 and left the world one last manuscript of forty poems later to be produced into her book ‘Ariel’ put together by her husband Ted Hughes. The theme for Ariel possessed many different options for discussion and while all have been accurately presented in her work; the theme of freedom seemed to really be heavily backed up by her interesting vocabulary, voice, and other various literary devices to show us what she may have wanted us to discover.
The name itself is the name of a horse she used to ride often. On the title poem she wrote, “Another horse back riding poem, this one called ‘Ariel’ after a horse I am especially fond of.” Noted by her daughter Frieda Hughes. Horse back riding and her horse Ariel symbolize the sort of freedom she grasped momentarily before her suicide, and before she believed that nothing could complete her again. So this poem all about her journeys horse back riding gave a detailed picture about the sort of freedom she gained and to just get away from the world. This was Slyvia Plath’s freedom. This gave her true joy and something that would never betray her, this is freedom.
This poem was written in between her depressive state and the edge she was pushed to (suicide), which was her way to freedom. Slyvia Plath really put her emotions to work and it showed more and more as her poem Ariel developed a new tone. It consisted of a tone of urgency, freedom, and force. She seemed to newly expose herself about her life, depression, and hobbies. She dug up everything she must shed in order to move on. And this poem as well as the rest of the collection showed the world her anger at the divorce with her husband, the fights she fought within herself to be happy again.
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It sounds like Plath found most of her happiness through writing poetry and riding her horse. I find it terribly sad that she would commit suicide when she still had atleast one source of confort, that's more than I can say for others who truly have nothing to look forward to in life. Her poetry sounds amazing. I like how it transforms from one souce of trying to find freedom, finding it, and gaining strength by living it. Great review!!! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat job narrowing your focus to one idea. What does her longing for freedom say about being a woman?
ReplyDeleteSylvia Plath had a really hard life, considering all the information and details she gives us in all her poems and the fact that she committed suicide.
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