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

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".