The Moon is no Door Entering Sylvia Plath's Ariel Poems through 'The Moon and the Yew Tree' with Mouth of the Dying Day: a Sequencw of Original Poetry
Date of Award
2004
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Humanities
First Advisor
Miller, Arthur
Keywords
Plath, Sylvia, Chap Book, The Moon and the Yew Tree
Area of Concentration
British and American Literature
Abstract
This senior project concerns itself with poetry in two different aspects: criticism and creation. The first section is an essay which examines Sylvia Plath's 'The Moon and the Yew Tree ' as a bridge between the voices of that poet's juvenilia and her mature work. Working from my own observations of the poem and relying, predictably, on published critical backup, the essay uncovers the 'tectonic action' of the poem's opposing voices, and attempts to place this trope--and others--in the context of the work's message. The second section is a deliberately sequenced collection of twenty-nine original poems.
Recommended Citation
Outlaw, B. L., "The Moon is no Door Entering Sylvia Plath's Ariel Poems through 'The Moon and the Yew Tree' with Mouth of the Dying Day: a Sequencw of Original Poetry" (2004). Theses & ETDs. 3434.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/3434