A Villanelle
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)…
-- Sylvia Plath, Smith College, 1954
The above metaphor appears in an amazing poem written by Sylvia Plath. It relates something everyone does everyday, blinking, and turns it into something so sorrowful and thoughtful and deep. When reading this poem, "Mad Girl's Love Song," I get a glimpse of the immensely troubled yet astounding life that Plath led. Although she only had one book, The Bell Jar, published during her short life, she has had 10 more books published posthumously and dozens of books published containing her poetry, including her first poem written at age eight and a half. I consider her the author that has contributed the most to literature. I often wonder how much more she could've written if she hadn't ended her life so soon.
Plath was always an overachiever when it came to her studies. She strived for good......

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Title: Mad Girl's Love Song
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