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Sylvia Plath’s Poetry Collections “The Colossus” and “Ariel”
Nana Gagua
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2022.12.004
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
The purpose of the present article is to explore two main poetry collections of Sylvia Plath. Poems for “The Colossus” and “Ariel” were written in different times and life stages of the poet. “The Colossus” is the beginning of her full life as a woman and a poet and “Ariel” is telling us about her final years and predicts the tragical ending that she had chosen. Both books are rich with different characters, poetical symbols and themes.
Sylvia Plath, poetry, confessionalism, The Colossus, Ariel, Ted Hughes
Journal of Literature and Art Studies, December 2022, Vol. 12, No. 12, 1246-1250
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