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Admonition by Sylvia Plath - Famous poems, famous poets. - All Poetry

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Comments & analysis: If you dissect a bird / To diagram the tongue

Admonition by Sylvia Plath - Famous poems, famous poets. - All Poetry Edit Report Content Ignore User Add to New List Add to list Sylvia Plath Follow Admonition If you dissect a bird To diagram the tongue You'll cut the chord Articulating song. If you flay a beast To marvel at the mane You'll wreck the rest From which the fur began. If you pluck out the heart To find what makes it move, You'll halt the clock That syncopates our love. © by owner. provided at no charge for educational purposes Show analysis Read more → Analysis (ai): The poem presents a series of conditional warnings a

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