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I ffiffitffirHSffi Discuss this statement in pairs: Song lyrics
are a form of poetry. Do you agree or disagree?
Family Reunion (crRCA res3)
Give reasons.
Outside in the street I hear
2 $) fnCO Listen to a short A car door slam; voices coming near;
biography of Sytvia Ptath. lncoherent scraps of talk
Complete the l<ey facts And high heels clicking up the walk;
below. Write one word in The doorbell rends the noonday heat
each gap. With copper claws;
A second's pause.
The dull drums of my pulses beat
Against a silence wearing thin.
The door now opens from within.
Oh, hear the clash of people meeting -
The laughter and.the screams of greeting:
Fat always, and out of breath,
A greasy smack on every cheek
1 Sytvia Plath was born and grew up in the From Aunt Elizabeth;
2 She studied at Smith Cottege. There, that's the pink, pleased squeak
3 Ptath underwent treatment for Of Cousin Jane, our spinster with
4 She metTed Hughes while at The faded eyes
5 As a poet, Hughes often chose as a theme. And hands like nervous butterflies;
6 Ptath and Hughes in1962. While rough as splintered wood
7 Ptath's death in 1963 was the result of Across them all
Rasps the jarring baritone of Uncle Paul;
8 The finat months of her life were a very
The youngest nephew gives a fretful whine
peri od.
And drools at the reception line.
, ft fnCO Read and [isten to the poems opposite. Like a diver on a lofty spar of land
Which theme do they have in common, in your opinion? Atop the flight of stairs I stand.
a relatives c day and night A whirlpool leers at me,
b trees and ptants d death I cast off my identity
And make the fatal plunge.
I{ ln pairs, read the poems and check the meaning of any
unknown words. Then answer the questions. I am vertical t,so,l
Which poem contains:
But I would rather be horizontal.
1 more rhymes?
I am not a tree with my root in the soil
2 a more regular rhythm?
Sucking up minerals and motherly love
3 more references to the naturat wortd?
So that each March I may gleam into leal
4 a clearer sequence of events? Nor am I the beauty of a garden bed
5 more references to specific sounds? Attracting my share of Ahs and spectacularly painted,
6 more allusions to death? Unknowing I must soon unpetal.
Compared with me, a tree is immortal
5 Read the generalisations below about modern poetry. And a flower-head not tall, but more startling,
Find evidence for them by comparing the two Sylvia And I want the one's longevity and the other's daring.
Plath poems with the poems on pages 737 and 747.
Tonight, in the infinitesimal light of the stars,
The trees and the flowers have been strewing their cool odors.
Compared to more traditional poetry, modern poems often:
I walk among them, but none of them are noticing.
. have more irregular line lengths.
Sometimes I think that when I am sleeping
. have a less regular rhythm.
I must most perfectly resemble them
. have fewer rhymes or none. -
Thoughts gone dim.
. contain more ambiguities and unctear meanings. It is more natural to me, lying down.
. focus more on the poet's own experiences and feelings. Then the sky and I are in open conversation,
And I shall be useful when I lie down finally:
Then the trees may touch me for once, and the flowers have time for me.
6 fl'$ffiryffiffi which of the two poems on this page do you
prefer? Can you explain why?
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