The theme this week in class was Sylvia Plath. We had a few readings about her and about another author that wrote a book of poems inspired and about Sylvia Plath and this author was Catherine Bowman. We read a few Plath poems in class and on our own and had to write a poem of our own to mimic Sylvia Plath.
This week has been a week of a great challenge. It is difficult to get into the mind of Sylvia Plath and be able to mimic her style. It has been fun and interesting because she was such an interesting person and an amazing writer. That has been the greatest challenge of all. Also, Plath’s material used in her poems is so different from most of the poets we have read so it is also a challenge to grab onto something so different and unique. When mimicking Plath this week, the number one thing I am trying to work on is to mimic her usual style into my own work. I believe this could greatly help me with my own writing.
This week I definitely learned about the ethical issues involved with this artistic writing process. Learning that Sylvia Plath was a very dark person who eventually committed suicide at a young age was a little difficult to take on at first. It changed my entire perspective when reading her poems. The real challenge was trying to read her poems as abstractly as possible and then to think about them coming from her. There is no question that many of Plath’s poems are dark and depressing and it is difficult to read them for certain lengths of time, especially because I, myself, am not a very dark and moody person. It has been interesting to learn about Sylvia Plath and her creative process.
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