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balloons, Sylvia Plath
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Balloons by Sylvia Plath
since Christmas they have lived
Guileless and clear,
Oval soul-animals,
Taking up half the space,
Moving and rubbing on the silk
Invisible air drifts,
Giving a shriek and pop
When attacked, then scooting to
rest, barely trembling.
Yellow cathead, blue fish
Such queer moons we live with
Instead of dead furniture!
Straw mats, white walls
And these traveling
Globes of thin air, red, green,
Delighting
The heart like wishes or free
Peacoks blessing
Old ground with a feather
Beaten in starry metals.
Your small
Brother is making
His balloon squeak like a cat.
Seeming to see
A funny pink world he might eat on the other side of it,
He bites,
Then sits
Black, fat jug
Contemplating a world clear as water.
A red
Shred in his little fist.
Tone
-cynical
-observational
Mood
-mix of dull and brightness
-somber
-loss of innocence when discover adulthood
enjambment
personnification
children
simile
metaphor
imagery
Structure
since Christmas they have lived
Guileless and clear,
Oval soul-animals,
Taking up half the space,
Moving and rubbing on the silk
Invisible air drifts,
Giving a shriek and pop
When attacked, then scooting to
rest, barely trembling.
Yellow cathead, blue fish
Such queer moons we live with
Instead of dead furniture!
Straw mats, white walls
And these traveling
Globes of thin air, red, green,
Delighting
The heart like wishes or free
Peacoks blessing
Old ground with a feather
Beaten in starry metals.
Your small
Brother is making
His balloon squeak like a cat.
Seeming to see
A funny pink world he might eat on the other side of it,
He bites,
Then sits
Black, fat jug
Contemplating a world clear as water.
A red
Shred in his little fist.
Message
-broken childhood dreams
-representation of herself
Subject matter
-highs and lows in life
-main theme: loss of innocence
-wonder and beauty of unexpected change
-character: "brother"
-contrast of reality and dreamlike chlidhhood