"I'm a riddle in nine syllables,
An elephant, a ponderous house,
A melon strolling on two tendrils.
O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!
This loaf's big with its yeasty rising.
Money's new-minted in this fat purse.
I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf.
I've eaten a bag of green apples,
Boarded the train there's no getting off."
siyam ka litok. siyam ka bulan.
buntis si sylvia plath. og miingon ang mga
experts..
As an English Philology
graduate,
NO NO and again NO to
those who think
this is a happy poem Plath
wrote in a joyful manner.
If you've ever
read Sylvia Plath's
biography
or any other works of her,
you would know
what kind of a psychological
state
she was in throughout
her life.
I
don't want to go into
details
but i just wanna say that
this poem
actuall IS a gloomy
poem;
she is not thrilled
because
she's pregnant,
she does not think
pregnancy
is miraculously wonderful
and she does not
'humurously' hint that
there won't be
sex for a while by
saying she's
boarded a train where
there's no
getting off! Before
ridiculing this
sensational and sad poem to
wider lengths, i suggest
everyone who are
interested in this to
read
Plath's biography
(even online),
go out and
buy one of her books
consisting of her
collected poems and
then analyse
this fragile yet mournful
poem once more.
You can get help to
understand profoundly
by getting help
from world wide literature
sites
online or other literary
works
dedicated to Plath's work
from libraries
or bookstores. In literature,
there
is never a simple definition
to any
symbol or metaphor in a poem
or novel.
You can't imagine what
kind of
depth and how many meanings
a simple
word can have in itself.
nga kuno si sylvia sa dihang naburos
na
buang nang daan
siyam ka bulan. iyang gisabak
ang balak nga paet.sulod sa iyang tiyan
ang elepante.
nahimo siyang balay nga nagpunay og
hinuktok
naghunahuna
mora siyag pakwan nga naghinayhinay
og lakaw sa iyang mga kuyamoy
mora siyag harina nga
gipatubo sa yeast
siya usa lang ka
pamaagi
agianan
mikaon siya og usa ka sako
nga mansanas
misakay sa tren
og walay naognaog
dayon nabasa nako kang jona
ang iyang balak nga
siya pod kuno riddle in two syllables
duha lang ka bulan
gipakuha niya
o nakuhaan siya?
unsa buntis si jona?
kinsay amahan?
iyang bana ang amahan?
og ako na karon sa akong panahon
ako ang amahan unta
anang riddle in nine syllables
apan tulo lang ang nahimo
midugo
naospital ang tulo ka syllables
giraspahan
gisirad-an ang butanganan nianang
tulo ka syllables
nahimo akong comma.
nahimo akong period.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
si sylvia plath sa iyang balak
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1 comment:
sorry annang imong riddle
walay natapos aning kalibutan
nga walay hinungdan
basig wala kay nasayran
daghang sugilanon dili pa gani katuhuan
apan diha saon mituybo man.
noi ayo-ayo~
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