Sylvia Plath was extremely fascinated with psychological pains and ills, and knowledge of her general biography, and having read her novel, The Bell Jar, leads mo to believe that there is more to this poem than a women cutting her finger. My guess is that she has cut her own thumb purposefully, then in a moment of dazed awe, merely watches her blood flow. She later bandages the wound with a babushka, which is a type of scarf. There are aspects that lead one to believe that this poem is very dark and nearly suicidal in nature. The most blatantly obvious line that suggests suicidal thought is (unless I am misinterpreting this horribly wrong),\"Homunculus, I am ill./I have taken a pill to kill.\" She also says \"This thin papery feeling./ Saboteur,/ Kamikaze man.\" The word \"Saboteur\" means \"to sabotage,\" and a Kamikaze is \"a person who acts in a destructive or reckless manner.\" I believe that in this poem, the character cuts her thumb to experiment with the idea of self-destruction, then \"chickens out,\" if you will. She bandages her wound and calls herself a \"dirty girl\" for starting, but not finishing her own suicide.
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the poem is merely plath's reflection of everything she notices after having cut her thumb. it is quite fascinating that she uses an array of various metaphors and imagery to make what we would all see as a rather normal occurence such as cutting ones own finger and make it into something extravagent.
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