Blackberrying

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"Blackberrying" is a poem by Sylvia Plath that evokes a solitary walk through blackberry bushes as a meditation on nature, desire, and mortality.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poem
associatedWithAuthorWork Ariel (poem)
surface form: Ariel (poetry collection)
author Sylvia Plath
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre lyric poetry
hasForm free verse
imageryType gustatory imagery
sensory imagery
tactile imagery
visual imagery
language English
lineation short lines
literaryDevice alliteration
assonance
enjambment
imagery
metaphor
personification
literaryMovement Confessional poetry
narrativePerspective first person
narrativeSituation solitary walk
periodOfComposition 20th century
rhymeScheme irregular
setting blackberry bushes
countryside
subjectMatter a walk through blackberry bushes
confrontation with the sea
contemplation of nature
symbol blackberries
hills
sea
symbolismOfBlackberries creative abundance
overripeness
sensual desire
symbolismOfSea death
emptiness
the unknown
theme death
decay
desire
fertility
isolation
mortality
nature
the body
transience
tone foreboding
meditative
uneasy

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Crossing the Water containsWork Blackberrying