Modern Poetry

This essay investigates the complex interplay of inner life, psychology, and myth in an analysis of Sylvia Plath's poetry, particularly through her poem titled "The Moon and the Yew Tree," interpreted by Ted Hughes as ''a complete statement." Hughes calls her work an "unusually complete statement," which insinuates how deep the poetry cut into both her personal experience and the narrative she left behind. Through the interleaving of knowledge drawn from both Sylvia Plath's and Ted Hughes's poems emerges a unifying analysis that deepens our insight into how these poets dealt with recurrent themes while breathing their voices into the complex sphere of contemporary poetry. By delving into this, we wish to peel off layers that make up the deep poetic inheritance of Sylvia Plath. In her poems, such as "The Moon and the Yew Tree," the interplay between an inner life again created by psychology and mythology works as a compelling exploration of universal human experiences reflected in powerful imagery along psychological depth and mythic symbolism, showing all the layers of her poetical meaning.