This lesson focuses on Sylvia Plath, her poetry, and how to analyze a poem. It features links to her biography; three of her poems: "Morning Song," "Lady Lazarus," and "Daddy"; an analysis of "Daddy"; and a poem anlaysis rubric. Students...

This is a detailed biography on the often turbulent life and poetry of Sylvia Plath (1932-1963 CE). Included are links to full-texts of Plath's poems and images.

Looking at three of Sylvia Plath's poems, students will be encouraged to think critically and create compositions that explore complex themes. [PDF]

This web page provides a brief biography on Sylvia Plath with a photograph included.

Iseult Gillespie shares why Sylvia Plath's writing continues to captivate.

This website includes several discussion questions on Sylvia Plath's (1932-1963 CE) novel, "The Bell Jar."

This website includes several discussion questions on Sylvia Plath's (1932-1963 CE) Ariel poems.

Partially inspired by Plath's experiences with depression, The Bell Jar follows the emotional breakdown of Esther Greenwood, a promising college student who cannot reconcile her desires with American conventions during the 1950s-1960s....

Use this website to learn more about this famous female poet, Sylvia Plath (1932-1963 CE). This site features a biographical sketch and links to several of her poems.

Photograph of Sylvia Plath, smiling.

Cropped head shot of the writer Sylvia Plath.

Sylvia Plath's fascinating poem, Daddy, is analysed in terms of imagery, form and themes in this comprehensive site. The study questions provide excellent material for discussion.

This lesson focuses on the Confessional Poets: Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and Robert Lowell, who all suffered from depression which is reflected in their poems. It gives short bios of each poet and provides a link to one poem from each:...

NYU's Literature, Arts and Medicine Database is a collection of writings, art and film that encompass the medical humanities. Full texts of fiction, poetry, drama and nonfiction are available, as well as artworks and film clips. Summary...

This unit examines poetry of the postmodernism period, focusing on the Beat Movement, Black Arts Movement, feminism, and other related movements and periods in recent literary history. An extensive list of authors, time line, video, and...

This lesson offers a list of comtemporary nine novels and two plays from which students will select one to read and analyze. A short synopsis is provided for each work.

This lesson is an introduction to American Literature Postmodernism, after WWII an age of rapid development in science and technology. It discusses the characteristics of Postmodernism and lists some of the authors and their new ideas....

This guide will help students explore the lives and works of women writers using our Discovering Literature website.[PDF]

A definition of personification. Includes two examples- one from the poetry of Sylvia Plath, the other from John Keats' poem "To Autumn."

Academy of American Poets entry for Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), the Victorian era poet and critic. Includes link to full text of the poem "Dover Beach."

An explanation confessional poetry and examples of the writings of the confessional poets; Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Sharon Olds, and Robert Lowell.