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Part 1
The extended metaphor that I recognized that digging represented an inferiority that the poem tries to express. An example of this kind of inferiority complex shows by statements such as “through living roots awaken in my head. But I’ve no spade to follow men like them” This eventually ends with him doubting his own abilities, when at first he felt comfortable with the task he then realizes he is not the best and simply states that he will “dig with it”
Part 2
Some cross over that I noticed from the poem daddy and her early life was that he dad had also died early in Plath’s life. Where it States “ You stand at the blackboard” this could have been a reference to her father since he was a teacher. Another cross over is how Plath attempted to commit suicide in her twenties, as did the character in daddy.
The details in these accounts are not always accurate, they have shreds of truth to them but they do not necessarily remain accurate. I think that all history is open to interpretation, especially for a poet who constantly challenged conventional wisdom so the way that this author portrayed her life is exactly what she was trying to accomplish in her own. I think that Plath would agree with her.
The extended metaphor that I recognized that digging represented an inferiority that the poem tries to express. An example of this kind of inferiority complex shows by statements such as “through living roots awaken in my head. But I’ve no spade to follow men like them” This eventually ends with him doubting his own abilities, when at first he felt comfortable with the task he then realizes he is not the best and simply states that he will “dig with it”
Part 2
Some cross over that I noticed from the poem daddy and her early life was that he dad had also died early in Plath’s life. Where it States “ You stand at the blackboard” this could have been a reference to her father since he was a teacher. Another cross over is how Plath attempted to commit suicide in her twenties, as did the character in daddy.
The details in these accounts are not always accurate, they have shreds of truth to them but they do not necessarily remain accurate. I think that all history is open to interpretation, especially for a poet who constantly challenged conventional wisdom so the way that this author portrayed her life is exactly what she was trying to accomplish in her own. I think that Plath would agree with her.
