In the following essay, Bawer contends that Plath's extreme popularity as a confessional poet in the 1960s can be attributed more to her reputation as an oppressed and victimized existentialist than to the literary merit of her works.
This poem goes in depth in describing and analyzing H.D.'s poem based on "Helen of Egypt" - also known as "Helen of Troy. As war is one of her most popular topics to write poetry on, H.D. takes her audience into the minds of the Greeks at the time of the war and portrays a woman in the middle of love and war.
This poem goes in depth in describing and analyzing H.D.'s poem based on "Helen of Egypt" - also known as "Helen of Troy. As war is one of her most popular topics to write poetry on, H.D. takes her audience into the minds of the Greeks at the time of the war and portrays a woman in the middle of love and war.