Fever 103°

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Fever 103° is a confessional poem by Sylvia Plath that vividly explores themes of illness, purification, and transcendence through intense, hallucinatory imagery.

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instanceOf confessional poem
poem
author Sylvia Plath
authorNationality American
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
exploresConcept bodily illness as spiritual metaphor
female subjectivity
purging of sin
transcendent transformation
genre confessional poetry
hasTitlePunctuation degree symbol (°)
includedIn Ariel (poem)
surface form: Ariel (1966 Faber edition)
language English
literaryForm lyric poem
literaryMovement confessional poetry
meter free verse
notableFor complex religious and erotic symbolism
intense, visionary imagery
originalPublicationYear 1966
periodOfComposition early 1960s
posthumouslyPublished true
publishedIn Ariel
relatedWorkByAuthor Ariel (poem)
Daddy
Lady Lazarus
subjectOf literary criticism
theme guilt
hallucination
illness
purification
rebirth
self-purification
sexuality
spiritual crisis
suffering
transcendence
titleRefersTo high body temperature
tone confessional
intense
visionary
usesImagery fever imagery
fire imagery
hallucinatory imagery
religious imagery

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Ariel containsWork Fever 103°