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Out of the ash I rise with my red hair And I eat men like air
— Sylvia Plath · Lady Lazarus
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An editorial interpretation.
The speaker imagines rising from the ashes, reborn and defiant, marked by red hair. The closing image is predatory and boastful: men are consumed as easily as air. The lines turn survival into menace, claiming power after having been destroyed.
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