Tenor In Sylvia Plath Metaphors
In Sylvia Plath's poem "Metaphors," the speaker compares her pregnancy to a sequence of images. The final four lines read:
"Money's new-minted in this fat purse.
I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf.
I've eaten a bag of green apples,
Boarded the train there's no getting off."
What is the tenor of these metaphors?
A
A fat purse
B
The speaker's feelings about her pregnancy
C
A cow in calf
D
A bag of eaten green apples
E
A boarded train
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