Its third stanza describes a place "where it pours bean green over blue /
In "Dying is an Art," George Steiner refers to this poem as "the Guernica of modern poetry." Its third stanza describes a place "where it pours bean green over blue / In the waters off beautiful Nauset." Its speaker claims "The black telephone's off at the root" and "the voices just can't worm through." Its addressee is later told about villagers who "are dancing and stamping on you" and that "there's a stake in your fat black heart." Its speaker says "I think I may well be a Jew" before bitterly noting that "Every woman adores a Fascist." For 10 points, identify this poem that opens "you do not do, you do not do," in which Sylvia Plath tells the title figure "you bastard, I'm through."
In "Dying is an Art," George Steiner refers to this poem as "the Guernica of modern poetry."
“{Daddy}” [accept ({Francis}) {George Steiner} before his name is mentioned]