Sheep in Fog
Sylvia Plath * Track #3 On Ariel
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Sheep in Fog by Sylvia Plath
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There seems to be a desire to escape, or even disappear, because of the pressure of her own and others' expectations. The poem can represent any daunting expectation, but it can also be tied directly to Plath’s struggles. The poem was written in the last weeks of her life. Her only novel, The Bell J...
Sheep in Fog Annotated
The hills step off into whiteness.
People or stars
Regard me sadly, I disappoint them.
The train leaves a line of breath.
O slow
Horse the color of rust,
Hooves, dolorous bells--
All morning the
Morning has been blackening,
A flower left out.
My bones hold a stillness, the far
Fields melt my heart.
They threaten
To let me through to a heaven
Starless and fatherless, a dark water.