Simbolika crvenog cveća u poeziji Silvije Plat
The Symbolism of Red Flowers in The Poetry of Sylvia Plath

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses motifs formed around the symbolism of a red flower, from an early poem written in 1956, Two sisters of Persephone, then the cycle of the poems A Poem for My Birthday and Tulips, in which a red flower is linked to the oral and maternal images, and finally, in the poems written during the last year of Sylvia Plath’s life – Poppies in July, Poppies in October, Three Women: A Poem for Three Voices. The aim of this paper is to emphasize the significance of mythological and literary tradition in Sylvia Plath’s poetic language and point to the most persistant motifs in her poetry illustrated using the example of a red flower.

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