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Unread 12-18-2023, 07:57 AM
Shaun J. Russell Shaun J. Russell is offline
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Just chiming in for a little clarification. As mentioned, I have no problem with Plath herself or her poetry. Truly. I bought a copy of Ariel when I was a teenager first getting into poetry and loved it then, and can still appreciate her work now. My point is that her style is often imitated, and poets who do often strive for the grandiosity of the personal and fall short because they're not Plath. Just an important addendum to my too-vague comments above.
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