sylvia plath

Sylvia Plaths poetry is well known for it’s deeply personal and emotional subject matter. Suffering is one theme that is found throughout Plaths poetry. The later poetry of Plath portrays a negative image of both men and marriage. Most of the later poems show a woman who is trapped within a family situation or is trying to get away from one. The feeling of being trapped is evident in the poem “The Jailor” This …

…that Plath wrote this poem to show her disdain for both her father and her husband. Strong images are used throughout this poem such as the line “Marble Heavy, a bag full of g-d” suggests the heaviness her fathers authority weighed on her past his death and throughout her life. (Lane 130) Whether it was with men, marriage or her family, suffering was a major part of Sylvia Plaths life and it showed through her poetry.