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Affectionate Catalog of Infancy
Plath’s short poem offers a series of affectionate, often odd similes that map a baby’s body and behavior. The voice alternates playful wonder and intimate observation, portraying the child as simultaneously otherworldly, self-contained, and familiar. The cumulative effect is tender and precise: a parent trying to name a child’s uniqueness through vivid, sometimes comic images. The poem is believed to address her son, emphasizing love mixed with careful distance.
Read Complete AnalysesClownlike, happiest on your hands, Feet to the stars, and moon-skulled, Gilled like a fish. A common-sense Thumbs-down on the dodo's mode. Wrapped up in yourself like a spool, Trawling your dark, as owls do. Mute as a turnip from the Fourth Of July to All Fools' Day, O high-riser, my little loaf. Vague as fog and looked for like mail. Farther off than Australia. Bent-backed Atlas, our traveled prawn. Snug as a bud and at home Like a sprat in a pickle jug. A creel of eels, all ripples. Jumpy as a Mexican bean. Right, like a well-done sum. A clean slate, with your own face on.
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