Ms. Sylvia Plath, an acknowledged poet and the English lecturer at Smith College, has been an inspiration to the youth in poetic realm. The varied assortment ranging from “Pursuit”, to “Mad Girl’s Love Song”, to “Spinster” has given the poetic foundation a varying aspect of confessionalism. Although of providing a new paradigm for poetry, Ms. Plath’s course is so indulged in expression that is making poetry excessively subjective. The use of poetry as a form to express personal emotions is recognized, but lack of reason and overwhelming depression with gender bias is hurtful for all. Subjectivism is an integral portion of poetry to express human emotions. Although of this, objectivism and subjectivism must coexist harmoniously to give a firm purpose to poetry. The overwhelming subjectiveness and emotions in Ms. Plath’s poems are …show more content…
Furthermore, Ms. Plath represents her husband as a burglar, who “ransacks the land” just in the manner as a panther ambush a parcel of hogs. The gruesome imagery and the excessive chauvinism from a male-criticizing perspective are highly inflammatory for the classroom environment. This subjectiveness of emotive lingers on in Ms. Plath as can be seen in hers “Mad Girl’s Love Song”. The wild imagery presenting “an arbitrary blackness galloping” into a civilized ballroom fragments the destructive subjectiveness contained in Ms. Plath. The internal emotions of world destruction on the stance of a broken relationship shows the unstable insight in Ms. Plath’s mind and her appalling emotions hints to a depressing character. This mirage of poetry with the underlying depression and overwhelming subjectiveness needs to be cleared up for the betterment of the course, the students, and the institution