oh...I looked ap sylvia plath on google, and I get the "Plathian whore" part now. the poem reads much clearer when I know of her. by using this reference, basically you are limiting the audience for this poem to only people who know of her, I suppose mostly well-educated people who study literature or poetry...I don't suppose she is common knowledge for the average man.
that's a question I am thinking about now...whether in writing poetry I should aim to make it understandable to all people, or should aim to make it more deeply meaningful to people who have all the same education and information I have
I hope you will post this poem when you get it all re-done, it will be interesting to see how much is left from what it was here.
I don't do forums I don't even know how to do forums, and don't have time right now to enter into a new venue for discussions...but if you want it you are welcome to use it anywhere you want. I agree it would be an interesting topic for discussion.
cool thanks