Edge by Sylvia Plath

I chose this poem because it is written purely about the public spectre of this woman's life. She, her dead body, is being viewed and people are commenting on her body and life. They say that she is of perfection and looks like she has accomplished a lot in her life by the way her feet look. I too, believe that you can tell a lot about a person by the way that they look, but it is of noone's business to be judging someone that way. I think in a way that the persona that this poem is projecting is one that is judgemental. This Greek woman, in her toga, is being judged on display. What is interesting to me is that the children that are around her are said to be "folded" back into her body. This image is one that is hard to put to life but I believe the poet is expressing that this woman was caring and loved children. I am not actually all positive that I am taking this poem the correct way, but I find it hard to see more into this poem that its literal language. I guess this poem to me is new language because I am unaware of what the last line of this poem is referring to. Is she actually a black woman? Is she the owner of slaves who follow her? What I like about this poem is that there are so many unanswered questions and there is a lot of room for interpretation.