or hate; these are the very things that make one old. He could be very much in love with his wife and by wishing this for her, so she never looses her beauty. Or, he could be wishing these things for his benefit so he never looses his beautiful young wife.Sylvia Plath’s poem “ Lady Lazarus “ deals mainly with the subject of death. I’m not sure completely but this could be “ humor in the horror “, I know it is not “ a nightmare world “ but, “ pick the worms off of me like sticky pearls “ is some sort of gross humor. She discusses her 3 suicide attempts, comparing herself to a cat with 9 lives. She also includes a comparison of herself to a concentration camp victim. She states “ dying is an art … I do it exceptionally well.” Doctors are her enemy and she warns them to “ beware”.Overall in most literature you can see a little of death, love, loss and a loss of time. These subject matters are used so frequently because those things are life. They are the things people feel strongly about. People relate and understand these topics....
