old filling.” This allusion to Nazis (wedding rings and gold fillings were harvested from the imprisoned Jews during the Holocaust, and their remains were used for soap) is also an example of an extended metaphor. The Nazi metaphor is, in fact, extended over other Plath poems as well- notably “Daddy.”This portion of “Lady Lazarus” serves to elucidate the confusion of the speaker’s character as well. This is accomplished through Plath’s use of irony. It is ironic that the speaker refers to doctors whoresurrected her life as “Nazis,” “Enemies,” and even “Lucifer” (the devil) in line 79.In lines 65-79 of “Lady Lazarus,” Plath employs poetic devices such as allusion, apostrophe, extended metaphor and irony in order to develop the confusion, paranoia, and contempt in the character of the speaker- who is, of course, Plath herself....
