"What I didn't say was that each time I picked up a German dictionary or a German book, the very sight of those dense, black, barbed-wire letters made my mind shut like a clam."
— Plath, Sylvia (1932-1963)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
William Heinemann Ltd.
Date
1963
Metaphor
"What I didn't say was that each time I picked up a German dictionary or a German book, the very sight of those dense, black, barbed-wire letters made my mind shut like a clam."
Metaphor in Context
What I didn't say was that each time I picked up a German dictionary or a German book, the very sight of those dense, black, barbed-wire letters made my mind shut like a clam.
(p. 33)
(p. 33)
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Reading
Citation
Plath, Sylvia. The Bell Jar. Modern Classics Deluxe Edition. New York: HarperPerennial, 2006.
Date of Entry
06/11/2009
