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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
[edit]Contents
[edit]- The Manor Garden
- Two Views of a Cadaver Room
- Night Shift
- Sow
- The Eye-mote
- Hardcastle Crags
- Faun
- Departure
- The Colossus
- Lorelei
- Point Shirley
- The Bull of Bendylaw
- All the Dead Dears
- Aftermath
- The Thin People
- Mushrooms
- I Want, I Want
- Watercolour of Grantchester Meadows
- The Ghost's Leavetaking
- Metaphors
- Black Rook in Rainy Weather
- A Winter Ship
- Full Fathom Five
- Maudlin
- Blue Moles
- Strumpet Song
- Ouija
- Man in Black
- Snakecharmer
- The Hermit at Outermost House
- The Disquieting Muses
- Medallion
- Two Sisters of Persephone
- The Companionable Ills
- Moonrise
- Spinster
- Frog Autumn
- Mussel Hunter at Rock Harbour
- The Beekeeper's Daughter
- The Times are Tidy
- The Burnt-out Spa
- Sculptor
- Poem for a Birthday
Common Critiques
[edit]Stark contrast to "Daddy" in how she handles the memory of her father.
Critical Reception
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Plath, Sylvia. The Colossus and Other Poems. Faber and Faber 1967.