Examining Tone, Choice of words and Imagery in the Poem "Tulips" by Sylvia Plath.

... Examining Tone, Choice of words and Imagery in the Poem "Tulips" by Sylvia Plath Tulips, to most people are beautiful, fragrant flowers that brighten a room or can make your gardens come to life with exceptional radience. When reading the poem, "Tulips" by Sylvia Plath the reader immediately will see the hatred this woman has for these simple flowers. Plath uses strong images to illustrate the positive attitude the speaker has towards the hospital until she receives the tulips, which become the speakers obsession and object of extreme hatred. The tulips represent life, energy, and passion which are the three aspects of life the speaker is trying to escape from. Tulips is not a cheerful poem, but it does move from coldness to warmth, from numbness to love, from empty whiteness to vivid redness, in a process manipulated by one's imagination. "Tulips", by Sylvia Plath, is a poem about a patient's

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