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Old 09-21-2008, 12:07 AM   #28
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It took me about ten minutes to make head or tale of your poem. I guess I'm not very accomplished at the gentry. It seems to express an inner conflict of someone about to surrender purity for pleasure. I kind of felt left hanging at the end. It never said if the loss was worth the gain.
She's not real easy to understand but you've got a handle on it. I had a terrible time with my Eng professor when it came to her stuff. Sometimes I might make a decision and think oh, if I do this who does it hurt? But I realize if we all did it, things would be miserable. I have a tough time seperating inner conflict from a more uh, far-reaching one. And yeah it gives me problems. Plath "solved" her problems by killing herself,another ethical dilemma.
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