Discuss Sylvia Plath's 'The Moon and The Yew Tree' as a poem depicting the mental state of a troubled childhood.

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Sylvia Plath: Poems

Discuss Sylvia Plath's 'The Moon and The Yew Tree' as a poem depicting the mental state of a troubled childhood.

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Asked by Ashwin A #898134 on 4/27/2019 7:12 AM

Last updated by Aslan on 4/27/2019 5:16 PM

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Answered by Aslan on 4/27/2019 5:16 PM

Sylvia Plath wrote ‘The Moon and the Yew Tree’ in 1961 while she was suffering from writer’s block. She looked out her bedroom window to find inspirartion. I'm not convinced a troubled childhood is a theme in this. The speaker seems disalusioned: the light is “cold and planetary” but I'm not sure this is about childhood.

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