Title Analysis: The title refers to the "edge" between life and death. This poem was the last known poem written by Sylvia Plath before her suicide, and has an overbearing tone of resignation.
Content: The poem as a whole glorifies death as "perfection" and an "accomplishment". It describes the physical appearance of death, and its finality. It also mentions Sylvia's children, and how she will no longer be able to care for them. At the end, it says "the moon has nothing to be sad about", and refers to the moon as female, which may imply that the moon is constantly in mourning for the females who choose to take their lives.
Analysis: Plath's death came less than a week after this poem was written, and most likely conveys her thoughts towards her impending suicide. She views death as a sweet release from life, and discusses death and decay as though she is resolved, embracing it. There is some sexual reference to the "night flower" and bringing her children back into it, which shows that her children are still a part of her, but she cannot continue living.
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