Death Representation on Selected Poems of Sylvia Plath

Abstract

This paper deals with Death representation on selected poems of Sylvia Plath.Death is one of the significant and recurrent theme in the poetry of Sylvia Plath. This paper aims of showing poets attitude towards death.  Certain poems are selected to show the poets different attitude to death. Death as a rebirth or renewal and it has an end. Most obvious factors shaped her attitude towards death were the yearly death of her father, death that left her unsecure and the unfaithfulness of her husband Ted Hughes, who left her dejected and melancholic. Plaths Two views of a Cadaver Room, Ship on fog, A birth day present, Edge And I am verticle are selected to outline her various perspective toward death.