Throughout ones life, a person may experience a number of struggles on a daily basis. The poem “Metaphors,” by Sylvia Plath, is an adequate example of a struggle that can be faced by a great number of women throughout their life. Many examples in this poem are provided through various poetic devices. Through the use of metaphors, symbolism, imagery, and tone, Plath depicts a pregnancy, in which she may have experienced. First, metaphors add a superior understanding to a poem by using comparison and also creating an internal complexity. The poems simple title, “Metaphors,” is exceptionally appropriate seeing as though the entire poem is one big metaphor. In addition to this, each line of the poem has a metaphor of its own. Plath represents …show more content…
This gets the reader more involved in the poem by prompting them to visually notice the ideas the poem is conveying. Imagery is an important factor in uncovering this poem. Plath uses descriptive words to envision the characteristics of a pregnancy. An example would be the use of imagery words, for instance: elephant, house, and melon. These descriptive words plant the appearance of something large, a pregnant women’s stomach in the readers mind. Many additional lines in this poem, such as; “This loaf’s big with its yeasty rising” and “I’ve eaten a bag of green apples,” provide images for the reader to visualize something progressively getting bigger with time, just like a baby growing within a women’s stomach. Plath’s use of imagery underlines her belief that she is merely a carrier. For example, in the seventh line, “a means” and “a stage” could relate to the point that she is the means to an end and is simply the host for this baby to be birthed. The images Plath has selected all are of disproportionately large size or involve growth of some kind; therefore, both characteristics help convey the idea of pregnancy to the