Online Cliff's Notes at LitSum

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I took a look at their analysis of a Sylvia Plath poem and found it decent enough for a freshman lit class, which means it provides the basics. Not a bad resource if you need to know the plot of a book or poem and don't have time to read it, but you're not likely to pass an upper division class with this stuff.

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