Comments by NATHAN SCHACHTER Most recent public comments by NATHAN SCHACHTER https://nowcomment.com/users/52002 What did her father do to make her compare him to hitler and call him a bastard? https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1356620 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1356620 Wed, 15 May 2019 09:55:54 -0400 What does chuffing mean and what does chuffing me off like a Jew mean? https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1356619 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1356619 Wed, 15 May 2019 09:55:03 -0400 Why did she use repetition in this line and what does it add to the overall poem? https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1356618 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1356618 Wed, 15 May 2019 09:54:00 -0400 They are saying that this is how the world we live in is and how things will never be the same. https://nowcomment.com/documents/136582?scroll_to=1350961 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136582?scroll_to=1350961 Wed, 08 May 2019 09:50:33 -0400 The poem asks what happens to a dream that you put off or postpone. Hughes is contemplating what happens when you put off your dreams and if they are still there for you when you want to get back to them. https://nowcomment.com/documents/136586?scroll_to=1350958 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136586?scroll_to=1350958 Wed, 08 May 2019 09:48:39 -0400 The second and fourth lines of each stanza rhyme. This helps the poem flow. https://nowcomment.com/documents/136581?scroll_to=1350956 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136581?scroll_to=1350956 Wed, 08 May 2019 09:46:24 -0400 This paragraph talks about how you cannot beat time. Is the author talking about mortality and how at some point time catches up to all of us. https://nowcomment.com/documents/136581?scroll_to=1350953 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136581?scroll_to=1350953 Wed, 08 May 2019 09:45:22 -0400 Plath mentions people's hearts throughout the poem. Mostly either her's or her father's https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1344826 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1344826 Wed, 01 May 2019 09:56:52 -0400 The description of the person in this paragraph is Hitler. Further supports that she is comparing her father to hitler https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1344824 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1344824 Wed, 01 May 2019 09:55:08 -0400 Plath uses a lot of Imagery in this stanza to show and describe things. But she gets specific about the waters in the Atlantic. https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1344823 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1344823 Wed, 01 May 2019 09:53:45 -0400 Sylvia Plath keeps comparing herself to a Jew during the Holocaust and her father to Hitler. I think this shows themes of hatred and suffering. https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1344822 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1344822 Wed, 01 May 2019 09:52:10 -0400 The imagery the author uses in this line allows the reader to better understand and picture what is being written and seen by the author and the use of imagery throughout the poem makes it more descriptive and allows for a better understanding of theme. https://nowcomment.com/documents/135537?scroll_to=1326901 https://nowcomment.com/documents/135537?scroll_to=1326901 Sun, 15 Nov 2020 10:35:40 -0500 The second and fourth lines of each stanza always rhyme in this poem. https://nowcomment.com/documents/135537?scroll_to=1326898 https://nowcomment.com/documents/135537?scroll_to=1326898 The rhyming pattern of making only the second and fourth lines rhyme contributes to the flow and rhythm of the poem. Without the rhyming the poem wouldn't sound as smoothly as it does. Sun, 15 Nov 2020 10:35:40 -0500 The rhyming of the poem helps the rhythm. https://nowcomment.com/documents/135537?scroll_to=1326897 https://nowcomment.com/documents/135537?scroll_to=1326897 The rhyming the author uses gives the poem a better rhythm and helps the flow of the poem. Rhyming allows the poem's meaning to come across and stand out easier. Sun, 15 Nov 2020 10:35:40 -0500 She mentions her father and her hatred for him throughout the poem https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318517 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318517 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 09:05:54 -0400 She talks about Hitler and fascists throughout the poem https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318514 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318514 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 09:04:03 -0400 She compares herself to a Jew throughout the poem https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318512 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318512 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 09:03:15 -0400 She keeps referring to herself as a victim of the Holocaust (Jew, Gypsy, etc.) https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318506 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318506 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 09:01:18 -0400 Plath uses german phrases throughout the poem https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318504 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318504 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 08:59:41 -0400 There are references to the Holocaust throughout the poem. https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318501 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318501 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 08:58:40 -0400 Why does she write that? https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318498 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318498 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 08:57:41 -0400 What does she mean by this? What does chuffing mean? https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318496 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318496 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 08:57:11 -0400 Why is she comparing herself to a Jew and what does she mean that she is talking like one? https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318480 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318480 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 08:56:08 -0400 Why did she have to kill her father? Also, why does she say have had instead of just have or just had? https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318478 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318478 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 08:54:55 -0400 Why does she say she has lived like a foot? https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318475 https://nowcomment.com/documents/136577?scroll_to=1318475 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 08:53:37 -0400 Why is tiger spelled with a y, is that how it was spelled back then https://nowcomment.com/documents/131478?scroll_to=1272124 https://nowcomment.com/documents/131478?scroll_to=1272124 Wed, 22 Jul 2020 16:56:36 -0400 He might be referring to god not the tiger when blake says he https://nowcomment.com/documents/131478?scroll_to=1272112 https://nowcomment.com/documents/131478?scroll_to=1272112 Wed, 22 Jul 2020 16:56:36 -0400 I think it is a literal tiger. https://nowcomment.com/documents/131478?scroll_to=1272103 https://nowcomment.com/documents/131478?scroll_to=1272103 Wed, 22 Jul 2020 16:56:36 -0400 What does "twist the sinews" mean? https://nowcomment.com/documents/131478?scroll_to=1272032 https://nowcomment.com/documents/131478?scroll_to=1272032 Wed, 22 Jul 2020 16:56:36 -0400 I agree. The tiger seems wide eyed snd shocked. https://nowcomment.com/documents/131478?scroll_to=1271977 https://nowcomment.com/documents/131478?scroll_to=1271977 Wed, 22 Jul 2020 16:56:36 -0400 Blake breaks the rhythm of the poem. https://nowcomment.com/documents/131478?scroll_to=1271969 https://nowcomment.com/documents/131478?scroll_to=1271969 In the first three lines there is a rhythm, but in the fourth one, it is broken because it is longer. Wed, 22 Jul 2020 16:56:35 -0400