[Short Talk on Sylvia Plath] Did you see her mother on television? She said plain, burned things. She said I thought it an excellent poem but it hurt me. She did not say jungle fear. She did not say jungle hatred wild jungle weeping chop it back chop it. She said self-government she said end of the road. She did not say humming in the middle of the air what you came for chop.
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About Anne Carson
Anne Carson was a contemporary Canadian poet and academic. Anne Patricia Carson is a Canadian poet, essayist, translator, classicist, and professor. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Poetry — The art of language, rhythm, and emotional expression