In the poem “Spinster” by Sylvia Plath, a girl and her lover take a walk in the woods on a spring day. As they walk, the lover tries to make romantic gestures towards the girl, which scares her. The girl's physical retreat from spring and her act of embracing winter is a metaphor for her fear of love and desire for predictability and control not found in love. During the walk through the woods, the disorganization that the girl feels emphasizes the girl's discomfort in embracing unpredictable feelings such as love. The speaker's choice to begin the poem with the word “now” implies that this scene of the girl walking with a lover in the woods is not new and has been seen before (1). The girl's feelings throughout the poem are recurring and not just those of this particular scene. The repetition of her actions further highlights the depth of her fear of love because she is so terrified of the idea of ​​love that she cannot overcome her fear. The description of the girl as "peculiar" reveals the speaker's critical tone as the word describes her as fussy and peculiar (1). This foreshadows that the girl is different from others in her actions. The speaker adds that the walk will take place in “April” to illustrate that the time they are doing the walk is ideal (2). Instead of seeing the April setting as the ideal time for walking, the girl is “struck/By the bird's ragged babel and the leaf litter” (4-6). The girl is irritated by all the disorganization present in spring and love. The girl cannot control the sound of birds or the growth of plants. Nature, like love, happens by itself. This reflects how she feels about love because she too is… at the center of the card… herself (29-30). The ability of the word “love” to stand alone on its own line expresses the great threat that love represents for the girl. The other words that describe man's threats are harsh but grouped together. Love is such a great threat that it carries the weight of all those threats combined to consume an entire line. This once again reinforces the girl's fear of love, as she believes it has the ability to ruin her completely. The girl's fear of love makes her want control. The title of this poem, "Spinster," highlights the speaker's highly critical tone towards the girl. While the girl may not yet be a lonely old woman, the continuation of her abstinence actions will lead to her being alone forever. The metaphor used in this poem, such as spring representing love and winter representing control, is perfect because spring is variable while winter is monotonous.