09-22-2016, 06:04 AM
Thank you Kolemath - you've given me another opening - I will revise soon. Yes, Plath about Plath - I think she was never more herself than when writing.
I played with the conceit of stanza as an island, and a mirror (because it always reflects the writer) and the container or chalice that carries her words, her 'chaos' to the island, where she can now 'attack' it, or make it conform to her terms.
I'm not happy with 'carve' myself but needed a one syllable word starting with 'c' - put it in as a place-saver, still cogitating ...
Abstractions - trying hard to bring those into line with concrete images that don't oppose those already used. I'll get there.
Thank you for your close read and comments.
I played with the conceit of stanza as an island, and a mirror (because it always reflects the writer) and the container or chalice that carries her words, her 'chaos' to the island, where she can now 'attack' it, or make it conform to her terms.
I'm not happy with 'carve' myself but needed a one syllable word starting with 'c' - put it in as a place-saver, still cogitating ...
Abstractions - trying hard to bring those into line with concrete images that don't oppose those already used. I'll get there.
Thank you for your close read and comments.