tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470723853743861878.post6053622019976421821..comments2018-09-12T01:26:58.772+01:00Comments on Suzi Feay's Book Bag: And the Ship Sailed OnSimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03861921122763602524noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470723853743861878.post-70374502192871236892011-09-22T16:06:35.171+01:002011-09-22T16:06:35.171+01:00Hughes' poem made me cry. The complexity of th...Hughes' poem made me cry. The complexity of the emotions involved was too much!<br /><br />Yes I expect Hughes influenced her to a degree at least in introducing her to places that he loved. Oh didn't she write 'Parliament Hill Fields'?Ellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01103667133412183125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470723853743861878.post-8312920490607139532011-09-22T14:05:35.365+01:002011-09-22T14:05:35.365+01:00Ah, she was from Massachusetts, after all. And I g...Ah, she was from Massachusetts, after all. And I guess it's a common enough name! The Hughes poem about Marianne Moore is magnificent in its disdain.<br /><br />Interesting point about Plath on place. She wrote some great poems about the moors, visiting Hughes's family. And 'Blackberrying', about Devon, is one of my favourites. Also I suppose the poem about the moon and the yew tree. But place doesn't seem to be a strong element in her work.Suzi Feayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00907618065262269474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2470723853743861878.post-43806416153220258242011-09-22T12:33:11.944+01:002011-09-22T12:33:11.944+01:00According to this website the Egg Rock in Plath...According to this website the Egg Rock in Plath's poem is in Massachusets not Maine!<br /> <br />http://myweb.northshore.edu/users/ccarlsen/poetry/lynn/plath.html<br /><br />I have been reading Hughes' The Birthday Letters and thinking about place in relation to Plath, too. I think Hughes focuses more on geography. There is also an amazingly heartbreaking poem about how Plath met Marianne Moore, and sent her some of her poems, but Moore didn't like them. Though after Plath's death, she made a point of telling Hughes about a particular poem she liked by Plath. But Hughes took that as a peace offering rather than an actual compliment. All that in one poem!<br /><br />Sounds like a wonderful trip anyway!Ellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01103667133412183125noreply@blogger.com