As the baby begins to get larger, she describes her stomach as “This loaf’s big with its yeasty rising” (Line 5); comparing the child to bread baking in an over. She sees herself as just a simple oven. When her stomach enlarges, Plath thinks of herself as “An elephant, a ponderous house” and “A melon strolling on two tendrils” (Lines 2-3). Her weight and size really seem to be a bother to her. She also mentions that she had eaten “a bag of green apples” (Line 8), which it is known that green apples are related to sourness and evil. After reading this poem several times, I find that there is very little joy in the words that she has expressed. Behind the humorous metaphors and comparisons, Plath is not happy about her pregnancy. Throughout the entire poem, there is one line that expresses some kind of brighter emotions— “O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!” (Line 4). This one random line expresses that she finds that there is at least something beautiful and valuable about the seed growing inside of her. Other than that one line, nothing else expresses joy of pregnancy in this poem. She is very well aware of the increase in her
As the baby begins to get larger, she describes her stomach as “This loaf’s big with its yeasty rising” (Line 5); comparing the child to bread baking in an over. She sees herself as just a simple oven. When her stomach enlarges, Plath thinks of herself as “An elephant, a ponderous house” and “A melon strolling on two tendrils” (Lines 2-3). Her weight and size really seem to be a bother to her. She also mentions that she had eaten “a bag of green apples” (Line 8), which it is known that green apples are related to sourness and evil. After reading this poem several times, I find that there is very little joy in the words that she has expressed. Behind the humorous metaphors and comparisons, Plath is not happy about her pregnancy. Throughout the entire poem, there is one line that expresses some kind of brighter emotions— “O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!” (Line 4). This one random line expresses that she finds that there is at least something beautiful and valuable about the seed growing inside of her. Other than that one line, nothing else expresses joy of pregnancy in this poem. She is very well aware of the increase in her