Even the sun-clouds this morning cannot manage such skirts.
Nor the woman in the ambulance
Whose red heart blooms through her coat so astoundingly –
A gift, a love gift
Utterly unasked for
By a sky
Palely and flamily
Igniting its carbon monoxides, by eyes
“Utterly unasked for” both “by a sky” and, in a way, by Plath herself, is intriguing since she has attempted suicide and this poem was written when she was seperated from Ted Hughes. 
 Alternatively, ‘unasked for’ refers to the unexpected. The tone of the poem so far is positive and, despite the reference to the ambulance, is surprisingly joyful.
Poppies in October