Two Sisters of Persephone, written by Sylvia Plath depicts two very different lives of a renown Greek deity. Her ability to effectively portray completely contrasting environments through structure, tone, and imagery gives the reader a powerful sense of the vibrant emotions that the mythological figure most likely would have felt. Plath demonstrates both glee and woe in the poem, which are heartfelt emotions of the misfortunate beauty. The author implements a wide array of colors to illustrate a milt layered setting, uses both dark and light images to arouse awareness, and stimulates many senses in her writing all of which is to encourage absorption of the distinct differences between the two worlds.

First off, conflicting sides of the same girl are depicted through vivid images which all obtain somewhat of a light or dark sensation. We can extract joy and frivolity from lines such as "Like pollen on...