Insight - Selected Poems-Sylvia Plath

Insight Text Guides take students into the deeper layers of meaning in a range of popular novels, plays, films, short-story collections and nonfiction texts. They are designed to develop detailed knowledge, in-depth understanding and genuine insight into each text.
The guides are written by practising English teachers, professional writers, reviewers and academics who are experts in their fields. Each guide presents a clear, comprehensive and accessible analysis.
There are over 150 titles in the Insight Text Guides series and new titles are published every year.
EACH TITLE FEATURES:

An overview of the text for quick reference, including notes on the author’s life and work, a plot synopsis, a character map and brief character summaries
Discussion of the historical, cultural and social contexts relevant to the text
Close analysis of each chapter/scene/story/poem, with questions
Detailed analysis of characters, themes and ideas
Discussion of different responses to and interpretations of the text
Guidelines on successful essay writing
Essay topics, a sample analysis of a topic and a sample essay on the text.

The Insight Text Guide Sylvia Plath’s Selected Poems analyses the Selected Poems, a collection chosen by Ted Hughes and first published in 1981. The following poems are analysed in some detail:





‘The Moon and the Yew Tree’
‘Mirror’
‘The Manor Garden’
‘Morning Song’
‘The Munich Mannequins’
‘Edge’
‘Face Lift’
‘Tulips’
‘Spinster’




‘The Stones’
‘Full Fathom Five’
‘Little Fugue’
‘Daddy’
‘Ariel’
‘Lesbos’
‘Nick and the Candlestick’
‘Words’