A review by shanviolinlove
Crossing the Water by Sylvia Plath

4.0

I enjoy reading Plath, whose poems are very accessible. She uses concrete descriptions in her imagery, creative comparisons with her metaphors, similar to what a reader would find in her novel The Bell Jar. I had read "Mirror" years ago as a child and had not known the poet at the time, so it was a delight coming across the familiar words again in this collection. For my friends who tend to shy away from poems due to their "loftiness" or "intentional ambiguity," Crossing the Water is a collection I'd highly recommend they try!