Ariel by Sylvia Plath (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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When Birthday Letters published
When Birthday Letters published
1998, 35 years after Plath's death
When Plath died
When Plath died
February 1963 (suicide)
'Life After Death' collection
'Life After Death' collection
Birthday Letters (Ted Hughes)
Key structural device in 'Life After Death'
Key structural device in 'Life After Death'
Day-night division
Form of 'Life After Death'
Form of 'Life After Death'
Free verse tercets
Hughes' 'hanged man' metaphor represents
Hughes' 'hanged man' metaphor represents
Paralysis, guilt, helplessness
Wolves symbolise in 'Life After Death'
Wolves symbolise in 'Life After Death'
Primal mourning or Plath's lingering spirit
Infant son described as having
Infant son described as having
'so perfectly your eyes' (Plath's)
Why tercets significant in 'Life After Death'
Why tercets significant in 'Life After Death'
Three family members reduced to isolated individuals
Hughes' use of 'you' creates
Hughes' use of 'you' creates
Epistolary intimacy (letter to Plath)