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The Colossus and Other Poems is a poetry collection by American poet Sylvia Plath, named after the poem "The Colossus".

Context

Contents

  1. The Manor Garden
  2. Two Views of a Cadaver Room
  3. Night Shift
  4. Sow
  5. The Eye-mote
  6. Hardcastle Crags
  7. Faun
  8. Departure
  9. The Colossus
  10. Lorelei
  11. Point Shirley
  12. The Bull of Bendylaw
  13. All the Dead Dears
  14. Aftermath
  15. The Thin People
  16. Mushrooms
  17. I Want, I Want
  18. Watercolour of Grantchester Meadows
  19. The Ghost's Leavetaking
  20. Metaphors
  21. Black Rook in Rainy Weather
  22. A Winter Ship
  23. Full Fathom Five
  24. Maudlin
  25. Blue Moles
  26. Strumpet Song
  27. Ouija
  28. Man in Black
  29. Snakecharmer
  30. The Hermit at Outermost House
  31. The Disquieting Muses
  32. Medallion
  33. Two Sisters of Persephone
  34. The Companionable Ills
  35. Moonrise
  36. Spinster
  37. Frog Autumn
  38. Mussel Hunter at Rock Harbour
  39. The Beekeeper's Daughter
  40. The Times are Tidy
  41. The Burnt-out Spa
  42. Sculptor
  43. Poem for a Birthday

Common Critiques

Stark contrast to "Daddy" in how she handles the memory of her father.

Critical Reception

Prominent literary critic, journalist, poet, and former editor of the poetry journal The Observer A. Alvarez called the re-release of the book after the success of Ariel a "major literary event". [1]

References

  1. ^ Plath, Sylvia. The Colossus and Other Poems. Faber and Faber 1967.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The Colossus and Other Poems is a poetry collection by American poet Sylvia Plath, named after the poem "The Colossus".

Context

Contents

  1. The Manor Garden
  2. Two Views of a Cadaver Room
  3. Night Shift
  4. Sow
  5. The Eye-mote
  6. Hardcastle Crags
  7. Faun
  8. Departure
  9. The Colossus
  10. Lorelei
  11. Point Shirley
  12. The Bull of Bendylaw
  13. All the Dead Dears
  14. Aftermath
  15. The Thin People
  16. Mushrooms
  17. I Want, I Want
  18. Watercolour of Grantchester Meadows
  19. The Ghost's Leavetaking
  20. Metaphors
  21. Black Rook in Rainy Weather
  22. A Winter Ship
  23. Full Fathom Five
  24. Maudlin
  25. Blue Moles
  26. Strumpet Song
  27. Ouija
  28. Man in Black
  29. Snakecharmer
  30. The Hermit at Outermost House
  31. The Disquieting Muses
  32. Medallion
  33. Two Sisters of Persephone
  34. The Companionable Ills
  35. Moonrise
  36. Spinster
  37. Frog Autumn
  38. Mussel Hunter at Rock Harbour
  39. The Beekeeper's Daughter
  40. The Times are Tidy
  41. The Burnt-out Spa
  42. Sculptor
  43. Poem for a Birthday

Common Critiques

Stark contrast to "Daddy" in how she handles the memory of her father.

Critical Reception

Prominent literary critic, journalist, poet, and former editor of the poetry journal The Observer A. Alvarez called the re-release of the book after the success of Ariel a "major literary event". [1]

References

  1. ^ Plath, Sylvia. The Colossus and Other Poems. Faber and Faber 1967.

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