The finals are set! The voters have spoken.
In this corner, weighing in at three voices, with too many lines and too many stanzas to count right now and representing Crossing the Water/Winter Trees Region we have "Three Women". Plath triple-voiced monologue tour de force which beat out The Colossus' seven part extravaganza "Poem for a Birthday" in a fairly close race.
And in this corner, weighing in at 30 lines in six, five-lined stanzas and representing Ariel we have "Balloons". Possibly the last poem Plath wrote, "Balloons" was able to dislocate, disengage, and discombobulate "The Rabbit Catcher" - completely. This is a wonderful, late poem by Plath composed just six days before her death. Though critics long called for the restoration of Plath's intended Ariel, you, the voters - all five of us, selected and elected a Hughes-inserted poem.
A mighty battle.
How ever will a winner be chosen? Simple - by voting. The winner be announced on Tuesday morning, thus leaving voting open through Monday.
From Sylvia Plath Info |
In this corner, weighing in at three voices, with too many lines and too many stanzas to count right now and representing Crossing the Water/Winter Trees Region we have "Three Women". Plath triple-voiced monologue tour de force which beat out The Colossus' seven part extravaganza "Poem for a Birthday" in a fairly close race.
And in this corner, weighing in at 30 lines in six, five-lined stanzas and representing Ariel we have "Balloons". Possibly the last poem Plath wrote, "Balloons" was able to dislocate, disengage, and discombobulate "The Rabbit Catcher" - completely. This is a wonderful, late poem by Plath composed just six days before her death. Though critics long called for the restoration of Plath's intended Ariel, you, the voters - all five of us, selected and elected a Hughes-inserted poem.
A mighty battle.
How ever will a winner be chosen? Simple - by voting. The winner be announced on Tuesday morning, thus leaving voting open through Monday.