Analysis of Assia
Guess it was just a waste of paper:
Love letters back and forth
Can’t compete with her crystal eyes -
I’m escaping henceforth.
The Beatles on the radio
And I’m in my nightgown
Nicholas crying at the door
I don’t make a sound
Boston and Cambridge and London
I moved for you but now
You’re out of my sight every night;
Probably out in town.
“A woman’s place is the kitchen” -
The oven draws me in.
The new girl will see soon enough
You are a ruin.
| Scheme | XAXAXBXX BBXBBBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101110 110101 10110101 101011 0101010 01011 10010101 11101 10010010 111111 111111001 100101 0111010 010110 01111101 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 447 |
| Words | 88 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
About this poem
This is a poem written from the perspective of Sylvia Plath to her husband, Ted Hughes, who had affairs and allegedly abused Plath. The poem is written to the structure of the verses of the song “Surfin’ USA” by the Beach Boys as it was number 1 the year Plath died (1963). The title is the name of the woman who Hughes had an affair with and wrote love poems for, Assia Wevill, who killed herself only six years after Plath in the same way.
Font size:
Submitted on July 09, 2021
Modified on May 02, 2023
- 26 sec read
- 16 Views
1 fan
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Assia" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/104614/assia>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Ophelia Sappho poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In