Metaphors

For Wednesday's class, let's look at Sylvia Plath's "Metaphors."  After exploring the function of figurative language in Heaney's "Digging,"  what do you notice about how Plath uses figurative language in this poem?  What image(s) in this poem particularly strike you and why?

PS--as you read this poem, you may wish to research Sylvia Plath's fascinating--if tragic--life.