tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post9039933340980755114..comments2024-03-04T19:26:00.689+08:00Comments on A WineDark Sea: And that was all she wrotesarah toahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-23148587855980571272013-02-12T19:33:03.403+08:002013-02-12T19:33:03.403+08:00And yes ... it is beautiful. The last line is jarr...And yes ... it is beautiful. The last line is jarring.sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-81651764399616099092013-02-12T19:31:04.874+08:002013-02-12T19:31:04.874+08:00I sort got all that through her poem, without the ...I sort got all that through her poem, without the analysis but I didn't know it was something she'd worked on, or that it was essentially a suicide note. A lot of her poems could have been suicide notes (tho I can't dredge them up right now). <br />I like Lady Lazarus very much.sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-25363614236582068112013-02-11T15:26:18.685+08:002013-02-11T15:26:18.685+08:00Its short and very bleak. death by suicide salving...Its short and very bleak. death by suicide salving the failure of the mother, the moon indifferent yet a culprit all the same.<br /><br />I cheated of course and Googled the analysis. She worked on it, it's deliberate. She left it, some say, as a formal suicide note.<br /><br />Themes of motherhood as a poisoning of her children and the way to out-do the cruelty of life by defeating it through the perfection of deliberate death are immensely bleak.<br /><br />It's beautiful though, isn't it? Even though it's full of trouble and defeat, she dresses it in finery. Serenity at the gallows...ciaranlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06668781624804602369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-52070630590503693442013-02-11T07:38:26.426+08:002013-02-11T07:38:26.426+08:00I saw a movie about Sylvia. Interesting woman.I saw a movie about Sylvia. Interesting woman.Dr Mad Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10274692672575145183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-63626489757482275242013-02-10T21:38:37.846+08:002013-02-10T21:38:37.846+08:00There was a recording of her on British radio this...There was a recording of her on British radio this morning, reading her poem on her dad, I think. She had a good voice.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-19426488498736650732013-02-10T21:28:19.395+08:002013-02-10T21:28:19.395+08:00I'm no SP expert but apparently this was her l...I'm no SP expert but apparently this was her last poem, written six days before her death.<br /><br />Not long before that ... Lady Lazarus:<br /><br />Herr god, Herr Lucifer <br />Beware Beware. <br />Out of the ash <br />I rise with my red hair <br />And I eat men like air.<br />sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.com