2) A New Poem
Metaphors By Sylvia Plath
I'm a riddle in nine syllables,
An elephant, a ponderous house,
A melon strolling on two tendrils.
O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!
This loaf's big with its yeasty rising.
Money's new-minted in this fat purse.
I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf.
I've eaten a bag of green apples,
Boarded the train there's no getting off.
This short poem is a riddle. It is your job to solve the topic of the poem.
a) What do all the metaphors suggest about the speaker?
b) Define Imagery. What is the most dramatic image in the poem and why?
c) Given the metaphors, what are the implications about the speaker’s state of mind?
3) Time to work on re-do of The Dumka (or Truth) response. Do you need me to do an explication of the poem?
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