Lady Lazarus

Question 1

the big ____ ______

Answer 1

strip tease

subversion of sexual

Question 2

pick the worms off me like _______ _______

Answer 2

sticky pearls

twists the idea of feminine in the face of death

Question 3

I will____ with my ___ hair / and I eat ___ like air

Answer 3

rise / red / men

her rebirth allows her to rise; body may be taken but her creative spirit endures

Question 4

bright as a ____ _________

Answer 4

nazi lampshade

brutal imagery and vivid - establishes an eerie atmosphere

Question 5

I do it so it feels like hell / I do it so it feels real

Answer 5

repetition sucks you back in - forced to face it

Question 6

Robert Penn Warden

book is a ‘_____, cold gust of ______

Answer 6

keen / reality

Question 7

Robert Lowell, introduction to Ariel

The ______ is now cooly ______, witty, now _______, girlish, charming, ____ _____ to the ______ ___ of the vampire

Answer 7

voice / amused / now sinking / strident rasp