The poem
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rather that the rhythm of the lines is meant to project the emotions the poet intends to evoke
in the reader.
The poem is separated into two stanzas, each consisting of
nine lines. The lines range from eight to fifteen syllables long, but they are not grouped into
feet as would be the case in an accentual-syllabic poem and there is no regular system of line
lengths as is syllabic poetry. The lines are usually end-stopped, meaning that the ends of lines
coincide with syntactic units, usually ends of clauses or sentences, rather than syntactic units
being split by line breaks.
The poem mainly consists of short declarative
sentences, sometimes with appositive constructions. Plath tends to use simple words of one or
two syllables in this poem. The longest and most complex sentence is found in the three final
lines of the poem.
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