sylvia plath poppies in july Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
refers to poppies as fire
A
“little hell flames”
2
Q
personification and rhetorical question to poppies
A
“do you do no harm”
3
Q
she feels numb
A
“nothing burns”
4
Q
she is exhausted from seeing the poppies
A
“and it exhausts me to watch you flickering like that”
5
Q
she wants to be sedated
A
“where are your opiates”
6
Q
she wants to feel pain or sleep
A
” if i could bleed or sleep!”
7
Q
contrast to poppies
A
“colourless colourless”
8
Q
she wants pain
A
“if my mouth could marry a hurt like that!”
