One of the running themes in many of Sylvia Plath's poems is that of death, dying, and rebirth. Her fascination with mortality ranges from reluctant acceptance to longing. In this essay I will examine both her view of death and rebirth as well as her view of death as a state of perfection as portrayed in the poems "Lady Lazarus," "Tulips," and "Edge." Published posthumously, "Lady Lazarus" paints a haunting portrait of a thirty year …showed first 75 words of 2126 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2126 total…Laura Johnson "Plath's Lady Lazarus" The Explicator Summer 2002 v60 i4 p234 Hardy, Barbara ed. Bloom Harold "Sylvia Plath: Enlargement or Derangement?" in Modern Critical Views American And Canadian Women Poets 1930-Present Clelsea House Publishers Philedelphia, PA 2002 Plath, Sylvia: The Complete Poems Harper Perennial N.Y. 1992 ed. Salem Press, Notable Poets Vol. 2 Salem Press Pasedena, CA 1998 Schultz, Jerrianne, "Perfection and Reproduction: Mutually Exclusive Expectations for Women in Sylvia Plath's 'Edge'" English Language Notes 37, no. 2 (Dec.1999): 68-75