This poem explores the complex and ambivalent nature of kindness, juxtaposing its comforting and destructive aspects.

Sylvia Plath's "Kindness" personifies kindness itself as a "nice" woman who's trying to help the morbidly unhappy speaker. The sweetness and comfort "Dame ...

Kindness glides about my house. Dame Kindness, she is so nice! The blue and red jewels of her rings smoke In the windows, the mirrors Are filling with smiles.

'Kindness' by Sylvia Plath explores the inadequacy of simple comforts in addressing profound emotional distress through poignant metaphors. Summary · Analysis, Stanza by Stanza · Themes