Robert Lowell and Sylvia Plath
Dualities of Self: Robert Lowell and Sylvia Plath's Poetic Journey
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Robert Lowell
Reference to Robert Lowell
And Sylvia Plath
Reference to Sylvia Plath
We walk together
Metaphorical journey with Lowell and Plath
Down the primrose path
Symbolic path representing a pleasant route
Side by side
Walking together in unity
And each by each
Individual experiences along the way
You watch yourself
Self-awareness, introspection
Until you're out of reach
Distance or separation
Now you're split in two
Internal division, conflict
And each side still isn't you
Fragmentation of identity
And you know how that sounds
Awareness of a problematic situation
But it keeps being true
Despite awareness, the issue persists
Robert Lowell
Reiteration of Lowell and Plath
And Sylvia Plath
Ignoring the consequences
It's nice if you ignore the aftermath
Positive if one overlooks the aftermath
On your right
Right side representing order, structure
The verse, the rhyme
Artistic expression through verse and rhyme
On the left
Left side depicting chaos or negativity
A ghoulish pantomime
Disturbing performance or show
Now you're split in two
Continued internal conflict
And each side still isn't you
Persistence of fractured identity
And you know how that sounds
Acknowledgment of the ongoing issue
But it keeps being true
The problem persists despite awareness
And what's to become of me?
Existential questioning of the self
What am I doing here?
Uncertainty about one's purpose
Robert Lowell
Repetition of Lowell and Plath
And Sylvia Plath
Transformation through artistic mediums
Paint and plaster, stripped down
Stripped down to essentials
To the lath
Reduced to the basics
One now broken
One broken individual
One now dust
Another reduced to nothing
Victim of a
Suffering from a restless mind
Mental wanderlust
Now you're split in two
Persistent internal division
And each side still isn't you
Identity remains fractured
And you know how that sounds
Acknowledgment of the ongoing issue
But it keeps being true
The problem persists despite awareness
And what's to become of me?
Existential questioning of the self
What am I doing here?
Uncertainty about one's purpose
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