"The thought that I might kill myself formed in my mind coolly as a tree or a flower."

— Plath, Sylvia (1932-1963)

Author

Plath, Sylvia (1932-1963)

Work Title

The Bell Jar

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
William Heinemann Ltd.
Date
1963
Metaphor
"The thought that I might kill myself formed in my mind coolly as a tree or a flower."
Metaphor in Context
The interior voice nagging me not to be a fool--to save my skin and take off my skis and walk down, camouflaged by the scrub pines bordering the slope--fled like a disconsolate mosquito. The thought that I might kill myself formed in my mind coolly as a tree or a flower.
(p. 97)
Categories
Plant::Tree Plant::Flower
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Plath, Sylvia. The Bell Jar. Modern Classics Deluxe Edition. New York: HarperPerennial, 2006.
Date of Entry
06/11/2009

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.