Dying is an Art: The Poetry of Sylvia Plath
Title: Dying is an Art: The Poetry of Sylvia Plath
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Details: Words: 4534 | Pages: 16 (approximately 235 words/page)
Dying is an Art: The Poetry of Sylvia Plath
Category: /Business & Economy
Details: Words: 4534 | Pages: 16 (approximately 235 words/page)
"Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it so it feels like hell. I do it so it feels real. I guess you could say I've a call."
Sylvia Plath wrote these lines, from her poem "Lady Lazarus," in the winter of 1962 (Barnard 75), only months before taking her own life at the age of thirty (Barnard 23). It is an oft quoted line, containing in it much of the …showed first 75 words of 4534 total…
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