Categories: Courses, A Level, AQA A Level, AQA A Level English Language & Literature A, ELLA4, Poetry, Analysing Poetry, Plath, Ariel
This poem is not included as a taught poem in the scheme of work, nor is it mentioned on the student handout. It does not lend itself well to this comparative coursework task.
The speaker seems to be complaining about being treated too kindly, as though people are ‘tiptoeing round’ her.
References: This was produced ten days before her suicide (1/2/63). Some think that Dame Kindness is her mother and the poem seems to express frustration with being unable to really express things.
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