The Colossus by Sylvia Plath

The Colossus

Sylvia Plath

88 pages first pub 1960 (editions)

fiction classics poetry emotional reflective medium-paced

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With this startling, exhilarating book of poems, which was first published in 1960, Sylvia Plath burst into literature with spectacular force. In such classics as "The Beekeeper's Daughter," "The Disquieting Muses," "I Want, I Want," and "Full Fat...

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Moods

dark 80%
emotional 80%
reflective 80%
challenging 40%
sad 20%
tense 20%

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fast 40%
slow 20%

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