ASSIGNMENT 1 : INFOGRAPHIC

4TH QUARTER
LADY
LAZARUS
Central Idea of the Poem
It expresses the speaker's struggles with
death and desire for rebirth. It reveals
details about her experience Holocaust.
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What the author wants to convey

She describes herself as a walking miracle,
emphasizing her ability to defy death. It's also
about Plath's behavior in her previous suicide
attempts and her mental change before her third
death
Stanza & Rhyme Scheme
The poem is divided into three - line stanzas
or tercets There is no rhyme scheme or
metrical scheme in the poem, but there are
many repeated rhymes.

Figures of Speech
Metaphors: Lady Lazarus considers herself as
the phoenix and the man eater.
Imagery : She uses vivid imagery to convey
her experience of death and rebirth.
Symbolisms
The Holocaust: The poet herself struggled
with her identity as a jew
The Bible: The Lazarus in the Bible was
resurrected by Jesus that connects to the
themes of rebirth..
P.O.V.
Lady Lazarus is spoken from a first-person
perspective. The speaker describes herself as
a woman of thirty who dies/attempts suicide
every decade.

Angelina Shanaea L. Ferrer

9 - Diligence