What differences do you notice between Clarke’s and Plath’s thoughts and feelings about their “boxes”? How do the words of the poems communicate the poet’s feelings to you?

... What differences do you notice between Clarke's and Plath's thoughts and feelings about their "boxes"? How do the words of the poems communicate the poet's feelings to you? Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) and Gillian Clarke both wrote poems describing different boxes. American Sylvia Plath was married to Ted Hughes, the Poet Laureate. The marriage dissolved in 1962 and Sylvia moved to Devon where she began keeping bees till she committed suicide in 1963. Her poem is called The Arrival of the Bee Box and is written in 1962. Gillian Clarke a Welsh writer wrote The Box. The Arrival of the Bee box describes Plath's thoughts and feelings after the arrival of her box of bees. Through the course of the poem Plath's words communicate first her fear and apprehension but also her fascination and curiosity. These feelings are carried on through to the fourth stanza where she begins to display pity for

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