"That lofty monarch, Monarch Mind, / Blue-blooded in coarse country reigned."
— Plath, Sylvia (1932-1963)
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Date
1957
Metaphor
"That lofty monarch, Monarch Mind, / Blue-blooded in coarse country reigned."
Metaphor in Context
That lofty monarch, Monarch Mind,
Blue-blooded in coarse country reigned;
Though he bedded in ermine, gorged on roast,
Pure Philosophy his love engrossed:
While subjects hungered, empty-pursed,
With stars, with angels, he conversed
(p. 71, ll. 1-6)
Blue-blooded in coarse country reigned;
Though he bedded in ermine, gorged on roast,
Pure Philosophy his love engrossed:
While subjects hungered, empty-pursed,
With stars, with angels, he conversed
(p. 71, ll. 1-6)
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Citation
Plath, Sylvia. The Collected Poems. Ed. Ted Hughes. New York: Harper Perennial, 1992.
Date of Entry
05/21/2009
