Peele 1 Vicky Peele Professor Johnson English 112, Section 087 26 February 2001 Sylvia Plath: Analysis of “Black Rook in Rainy Weather” Sylvia Plath was a remarkable twentieth century American poet whose poetry focused on depression, suicide and death, savage imagery, and self-destruction. Examining the life of Sylvia Plath helps her readers better understand her poetry because many of the imagery and attitudes in her poetry are based on her life experiences. Plath was born on October 27, 1932, daughter of Otto …showed first 75 words of 815 total…

…showed last 75 words of 815 total…symbolize the brightness and hope that make an otherwise bleak and dreary life livable. Clearly, angels, like the lives we lead, can have whatever meaning we choose for them. I believe Plath is trying to make us stop and pay attention to these “angels,” or the things in life we otherwise take for granted. Life should not be a mediocre experience, but a time full of small miracles that make it worth living. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**