Mad Girl’s Love Song
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"Mad Girl’s Love Song" is a villanelle-style poem by Sylvia Plath that explores themes of love, loss, and psychological instability through haunting, repetitive refrains.
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poem
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villanelle ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorBiography | yes ⓘ |
| author | Sylvia Plath ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| culturalStatus |
frequently studied in academia
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widely anthologized poem ⓘ |
| exploresRealityVsImagination | yes ⓘ |
| form | villanelle ⓘ |
| genre | confessional poetry ⓘ |
| hasFemaleSpeaker | yes ⓘ |
| includedIn | Sylvia Plath poetry collections ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | confessionalism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| meter | iambic ⓘ |
| refrain |
“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead”
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“I think I made you up inside my head” ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | villanelle rhyme scheme ⓘ |
| studiedIn | modern poetry courses ⓘ |
| subject |
emotional breakdown
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romantic relationship ⓘ |
| theme |
hallucination
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heartbreak ⓘ loneliness ⓘ loss ⓘ love ⓘ memory ⓘ mental health ⓘ psychological instability ⓘ unreliable perception ⓘ |
| tone |
haunting
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introspective ⓘ melancholic ⓘ |
| usesFirstPersonNarration | yes ⓘ |
| usesRepetition | yes ⓘ |
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