Lady Lazarus
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"Lady Lazarus" is a confessional poem by Sylvia Plath that powerfully explores themes of death, resurrection, and female identity through dark, ironic, and theatrical imagery.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
confessional poem
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| alludesTo |
Holocaust imagery
ⓘ
Lazarus of Bethany ⓘ Nazi camp system ⓘ
surface form:
Nazi concentration camps
|
| author | Sylvia Plath ⓘ |
| collection | Ariel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReputation |
central work of confessional poetry
ⓘ
one of Sylvia Plath's most famous poems ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Ariel ⓘ |
| form | lyric poem ⓘ |
| genre | confessional poetry ⓘ |
| hasOpeningLine | I have done it again. ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath ⓘ |
| influenced | feminist literary criticism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCountApproximate | 84 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Confessionalism ⓘ |
| meter | free verse ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | 1962 ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCareer | late work ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookPublication | Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| structure | short tercets ⓘ |
| subject | a woman who repeatedly attempts suicide ⓘ |
| subjectOf | extensive literary criticism ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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female identity ⓘ performance ⓘ power ⓘ rebirth ⓘ resurrection ⓘ revenge ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ spectacle ⓘ suffering ⓘ suicide ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
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ironic ⓘ theatrical ⓘ |
| usesLiteraryDevice |
allusion
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enjambment ⓘ imagery ⓘ metaphor ⓘ repetition ⓘ simile ⓘ |
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