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Vijay Seshadri Reads Sylvia Plath

The New Yorker: Poetry

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The Moon and the Yew Tree

Vijeseshadri reads the moon and the yew tree by sylvia plath. The poem is set in a place separated from her home by a row of headstones. She says she cannot see where there is to get to, so looks for help elsewhere. Let's hear the poem.

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