Full Fathom Five

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"Full Fathom Five" is a poem by Sylvia Plath, notable for its vivid sea imagery and exploration of themes of death, myth, and the elusive father figure.

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instanceOf poem ⓘ
alludesTo Ariel (spirit) ⓘ
Full fathom five thy father lies ⓘ
The Tempest ⓘ
author Sylvia Plath ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
explores ambivalence toward the father ⓘ
distance between speaker and father ⓘ
mythologizing of the father ⓘ
power of the unconscious ⓘ
form lyric poem ⓘ
genre confessional poetry ⓘ
hasAuthorNationality American ⓘ
hasCentralFigure father ⓘ
hasCriticalReputation important early Plath poem ⓘ
noted for vivid sea imagery ⓘ
hasLiteraryAllusion Shakespearean sea dirge ⓘ
hasNarrativeVoice first-person speaker ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage English ⓘ
hasTitleOrigin Shakespearean phrase ⓘ
imageryType marine imagery ⓘ
mythological imagery ⓘ
religious imagery ⓘ
influencedBy William Shakespeare ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Confessionalism ⓘ
motif depths and fathoms ⓘ
drowning ⓘ
mythic father ⓘ
sea imagery ⓘ
period mid-20th-century American poetry ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Daddy ⓘ
Electra on Azalea Path ⓘ
The Colossus ⓘ
studiedIn Sylvia Plath scholarship ⓘ
modern poetry courses ⓘ
subjectOf literary criticism ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
elusive father figure ⓘ
father–daughter relationship ⓘ
identity ⓘ
myth ⓘ
the sea ⓘ
tone ambivalent ⓘ
haunting ⓘ
meditative ⓘ
writtenBy Sylvia Plath ⓘ

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The Colossus and Other Poems → containsPoem → Full Fathom Five ⓘ
Come unto these yellow sands → relatedWork → Full fathom five ⓘ
linked to: Full Fathom Five