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CHILD by SYLVIA PLATH

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOUR CLEAR EYE IS THE ONE ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL THING
Last Line: WRINGING OF HANDS, THIS DARK %CEILING WITHOUT A STAR
Subject(s): MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS; WOMEN;

Poem Sources:

HARVARD BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  VENDLER, HELEN (ED.)
  (1985)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: VOLUME 2.
  (1994)
 
EIGHT AMERICAN POETS.
  CONARROE, JOEL (ED.)
  (1997)
 
MOTHER TO DAUGHTER, DAUGHTER TO MOTHER, MOTHERS ON MOTHERING, A DAYBOOK AND READER.
  OLSEN, TILLIE (ED.)
  (1984)
 
COLLECTED POEMS. TED HUGHES (ED.)
  PLATH, SYLVIA
  (1981)
 
POEMS. SELECTED BY DIANE WOOD MIDDLEBROOK.
  PLATH, SYLVIA
  (1998)
 



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