Gold Mouths Cry

By King Meera -
 - Sylvia Plath
⦁ green young - fresh leaves, innocence
⦁ boy - very young
⦁ frozen in time
⦁ statue witnesses so many autumns
⦁ bronze medal of honor in military
⦁ "Nothing gold can stay"
⦁ bronze - young one who has lost his life
⦁ gold mouths - shining crevices of the statue
⦁ all the time that he has been immortalized, he has witnessed the rest of the world
⦁ heroic reason - for valor; perhaps for prosperity, recognition
⦁ metal season - autumn - you begin to think you're all that and you acquire a reputation but it won't last
⦁ dead laugh among the goldenrod
-> power, wealth
-> grave - goldenrod in coffin
-> all that you accumulate in life is meaningless in death
-> laughing at "gold"
-> all glory means nothing to the boy because he is dead so seeking fame and wealth is futile
⦁ kneedeep in centuries
* doesn't affect him anymore
* disillusioned
* been there done that
* no point in seeing anything if she can't do anything about it so shuts his eyes
⦁ doom of gold - your kind of success will not last forever - know this

QUICK RECAP WITH BHAVANI MA'AM:

  • appearance vs. reality
  • permanent vs. temporary
  • unusual theme and style (for Plath)
  • metal symbolic of season

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