This poet opens one poem with the lines "Overnight, very / Whitely, discreetly, / Very quietly" and ends with the declaration that the title entities will "by morning / Inherit the earth.
This poet opens one poem with the lines "Overnight, very / Whitely, discreetly, / Very quietly" and ends with the declaration that the title entities will "by morning / Inherit the earth." This author of "Mushrooms" opens another poem with the line "Stasis in darkness," the title poem of her collection Ariel. She wrote about driving "a stake in your fat black heart" her poem "Daddy," while in one of her novels, Esther Greenwood feels as if she were trapped under the title scientific apparatus. For 10 points, name this author of The Bell Jar. 
This poet opens one poem with the lines "Overnight, very / Whitely, discreetly, / Very quietly" and ends with the declaration that the title entities will "by morning / Inherit the earth.
Sylvia Plath 