The Colossus and Other Poems

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The Colossus and Other Poems is Sylvia Plath’s first published poetry collection, showcasing her early distinctive voice and themes of identity, death, and psychological turmoil.


Statements (34)
Predicate Object
instanceOf book
poetry collection
AmericanEditionPublicationYear 1962
AmericanEditionPublisher Alfred A. Knopf
author Sylvia Plath
containsPoem Full Fathom Five
The Beekeeper’s Daughter
The Colossus
The Disquieting Muses
The Manor Garden
countryOfPublication United Kingdom NERFINISHED
criticalReception well received by contemporary critics
firstEditionPlace London
follows juvenilia of Sylvia Plath
genre poetry
hasAuthor Sylvia Plath
hasDistinctiveFeature early display of Sylvia Plath’s mature poetic voice
formal and tightly structured verse
use of vivid and often unsettling imagery
hasEdition American edition
isFirstPublishedCollectionOf Sylvia Plath
language English
literaryMovement Confessional poetry
mediaType print
notableWorkOf Sylvia Plath
precedes Ariel
publicationYear 1960
publisher Heinemann
theme death
family relationships
identity
memory
mythology
psychological turmoil

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Crossing the Water
follows
Sylvia Plath
notableWork
Winter Trees
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