Sylvia Plath's Mushrooms explores the experience the mushrooms, as the protagonist, encounter, livening the horizon in which they live and grow, the apparent life cycle they encounter and last but not least, the absolute element of joy and mystery of the plants. This is associated with the mushrooms, and is evident once referred to the following stanza: `Overnight, very / Whitely, discreetly...' As the poem develops, it is quite clear that the tone that runs throughout includes both mystery as well as excitement, the fear of the unexpected appearance. It is also evident that the poet enjoys the hyperbola, whereby people who fear the unknown. Hence, the title mushrooms.

The placid and peaceful nature of the mushrooms is explored throughout Mushrooms. The power of the mushrooms is expressed through the use of adjectives, whereby the mushrooms are described as `nudger and shovers'. Both the words `nudger and shovers'...