"Lady Lazarus" is a poem commonly understood to be about suicide. It is narrated by a woman and mostly addressed to an unspecified person.
Summary of Lady Lazarous by Sylvia Plath
Summary "Lady Lazarus" is a poem commonly understood to be about suicide. It is narrated by a woman and mostly addressed to an unspecified person. The narrator begins by saying she has "done it again." Every ten years, she manages to commit this unnamed act. She considers herself a walking miracle with bright skin, her right foot a "paperweight," and her face as fine and featureless as a "Jew linen". She addresses an unspecified enemy, asking him to peel the napkin from her face, and inquiring whether he is terrified by the features he sees there. She assures him that her "sour breath" will vanish in a day. She is certain that her flesh will soon be restored to her face after having been sacrificed to the grave, and that she will then be a smiling, 30-year-old woman. She will ultimately be able to die nine times, like a cat, and has just completed her third death. She will die once each decade. After each death, a "peanut-crunching c…
