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- "The woman is perfected, Her dead, Body wears the smile of accomplishment" These are the opening words of "Edge," a piece that Plath wrote a week before she killed herself.
- "I am the ghost..." "I am the those of an infamous suicide, My own blue razor rustling in my throat. O pardon the one who knocks for pardon at. Your gate, father – your hound-bitch, daughter,
- "Dying, Is an art, like anything else." These lines are from "Lady Lazarus." Lazarus is raised from the dead by Jesus. Plath died by sticking her head in an oven.
- "Eternity bores me, I never wanted it." This quote is from "Years," which was published in Ariel after the author's death.
Jan 16, 2024 · Sylvia Plath once wrote: “Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence…”
Jun 5, 2017 · 1. ‘ Lady Lazarus ’. Lazarus is the man in the New Testament who is raised from the dead by Jesus. Plath gives the name a twist in this poem, one of Plath’s finest poems, by linking it to her numerous suicide attempts. ‘Lady Lazarus’ contains the famous line ‘ dying is an art ’, among many other haunting and memorable lines and images.
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- “I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want.
- “I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked.
- “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar.
- “If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar.
"Lady Lazarus" "Edge" "Tulips" "Lady Lazarus" One of Plath's most chilling and famous poems, "Lady Lazarus," delves into themes of death, rebirth, and identity. In this poem, Plath uses the metaphor of the biblical figure Lazarus, who was resurrected by Jesus, to explore her own experiences with death and emotional turmoil.
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace. — Sylvia Plath The Bell Jar. Tags: the-bell-jar, death. ( 0 Likes) Like.
Alamy. (Credit: Alamy) Since Sylvia Plath died in 1963, she's been turned into a crudely tragic symbol. As she inspires more biographies, will we ever get closer to the 'real' Plath, asks...
