Sylvia Plath

0 Hey everyone,02br
00I was recently assigned an English project that requires me to analyze the poetry and life of a classic poet. One of the poets to choose from is Sylvia Plath. After reading a bit about her life I was very interested. I think interest in the poet is what is most important as most of the project consists of writing about the poet rather than their poetry (ie. writing a diary entry that they might have written between the ages of 15-30, a letter by the poet's publisher, their obituary, etc). However, I still have to analyze the theme of one poem and write a short 8 line poem in the style of the poet. The problem is I don't really understand Plath's poetry (then again, I find most poetry confusing). Each poem seems to be a series of unconnected thoughts. For example, the poem "Words":02br
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00 Axes02br
00After whose stroke the wood rings,02br
00And the echoes!02br
00Echoes traveling02br
00Off from the center like horses.02br
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00The sap02br
00Wells like tears, like the02br
00Water striving02br
00To re-establish its mirror02br
00Over the rock02br
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00That drops and turns,02br
00A white skull,02br
00Eaten by weedy greens.02br
00Years later I02br
00Encounter them on the road----02br
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00Words dry and riderless,02br
00The indefatigable hoof-taps.02br
00While02br
00From the bottom of the pool, fixed stars02br
00Govern a life.02br
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00Any help understanding Plath's style of poetry would be appreciated 050010id1