Comments on: Let’s Talk About Plath, Baby http://www.winterspringsummer.com/blog/2007/04/09/let%e2%80%99s-talk-about-plath-baby/ the home of all things Autumn Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:34:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: autumn http://www.winterspringsummer.com/blog/2007/04/09/let%e2%80%99s-talk-about-plath-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-364 autumn Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:56:14 +0000 http://www.winterspringsummer.com/blog/2007/04/09/let%e2%80%99s-talk-about-plath-baby/#comment-364 thanks! i used to always feel embarrassed to say that i was lost -- even if i liked something, i felt like it was some kind of failing to not know what it "meant." although i still really prize accessibility, i'm being to think that "meaning" is overrated. thanks! i used to always feel embarrassed to say that i was lost — even if i liked something, i felt like it was some kind of failing to not know what it “meant.” although i still really prize accessibility, i’m being to think that “meaning” is overrated.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.winterspringsummer.com/blog/2007/04/09/let%e2%80%99s-talk-about-plath-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Rachel Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:48:22 +0000 http://www.winterspringsummer.com/blog/2007/04/09/let%e2%80%99s-talk-about-plath-baby/#comment-363 Autumn, when I read Ariel, I was lost for at least half of it (Ted's version, not hers). I felt Sylvia all the way through the poems, but I didn't understand quite a bit of them. No shame there. Autumn, when I read Ariel, I was lost for at least half of it (Ted’s version, not hers). I felt Sylvia all the way through the poems, but I didn’t understand quite a bit of them. No shame there.

]]> By: autumn http://www.winterspringsummer.com/blog/2007/04/09/let%e2%80%99s-talk-about-plath-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-355 autumn Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:21:40 +0000 http://www.winterspringsummer.com/blog/2007/04/09/let%e2%80%99s-talk-about-plath-baby/#comment-355 that's so good to hear! sometimes its really hard to not get trapped in the literal/linear pattern of reading exclusively for comprehension (thank you so much, standardized testing). you just can't do that with poetry... it's not that poems aren't literal or linear, but the best poems are never as straight forward as they might seem, yet you still end up feeling like you've learned something, or you understand something, even though you maybe don't know exactly why you feel it. or at least, that's what happens for me. that’s so good to hear! sometimes its really hard to not get trapped in the literal/linear pattern of reading exclusively for comprehension (thank you so much, standardized testing). you just can’t do that with poetry… it’s not that poems aren’t literal or linear, but the best poems are never as straight forward as they might seem, yet you still end up feeling like you’ve learned something, or you understand something, even though you maybe don’t know exactly why you feel it. or at least, that’s what happens for me.

]]> By: J.Cruz http://www.winterspringsummer.com/blog/2007/04/09/let%e2%80%99s-talk-about-plath-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-353 J.Cruz Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:07:41 +0000 http://www.winterspringsummer.com/blog/2007/04/09/let%e2%80%99s-talk-about-plath-baby/#comment-353 I know what you mean about "feeling" it (although having never read Sylvia, I haven't "felt" her yet). I don't know why, but talking about feeling it reminds me of Maya Angelou, and a TV spot that she was in...usually skipping over the commercials with the DVR...i recognized her face, doubled-back and then played it three or four times. I felt what she was saying, and I was awestruck by her language. Thinking back, I can only describe it as having an almost divine quality. So yeah...Maya rocks. I know what you mean about “feeling” it (although having never read Sylvia, I haven’t “felt” her yet). I don’t know why, but talking about feeling it reminds me of Maya Angelou, and a TV spot that she was in…usually skipping over the commercials with the DVR…i recognized her face, doubled-back and then played it three or four times. I felt what she was saying, and I was awestruck by her language. Thinking back, I can only describe it as having an almost divine quality.

So yeah…Maya rocks.

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