Ariel

Ariel is the namesake of this collection, and a very personal work dealing with Plath’s own life. It consists of ten stanzas and, something that only happens in a couple of other poems, a final standalone line at the end. Each stanza consists of three lines (tercets). One of the ways to think about this poem, is to picture Plath riding her childhood horse, Ariel, to a state of realisation in her life.