Finisterre – Sylvia Plath

Written: Autumn of 1961 (memory of a holiday in France) She had just moved to a farmhouse in Devon with Hughes. Rhyme & Tone: Harsh sound effects, disharmony (last fingers…rheumatic…cramped on nothing à look for the k and v sounds). The heavy four-beat lines capture the sombre and depressed atmosphere, with many words having more [...]

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