Ariel (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Publication year of 'Ariel'
Publication year of 'Ariel'
1965, two years after Plath's death
Ariel (in the poem)
Ariel (in the poem)
The name of Sylvia Plath's actual horse
Plath's birthplace & year
Plath's birthplace & year
Boston, Massachusetts, 1932
Plath's death method & date
Plath's death method & date
Suicide using gas oven, February 1963
Stanza form used in 'Ariel'
Stanza form used in 'Ariel'
Tercets (three-line stanzas)
Enjambment's effect in 'Ariel'
Enjambment's effect in 'Ariel'
Creates rushed, breathless feeling
'God's lioness' in the poem
'God's lioness' in the poem
Description of Ariel, the horse
Lady Godiva allusion significance
Lady Godiva allusion significance
Shedding layers/constraints, riding exposed for transformation
'Dead stringencies' meaning
'Dead stringencies' meaning
Requirements & expectations being shed
Final image of 'Ariel'
Final image of 'Ariel'
The red eye, the cauldron of morning