“The Colossus" as a Broken Poem
In this essay, I will analyze the poem “The Colossus” by Silvia Plath. I would argue that “The Colossus” is a poem about Silvia Plath’s father. Or rather the absence of her father. In this poem, Silvia Plath uses the image of the broken Colossus of Rhodes as the broken image she has of her father. Silvia Plath uses mimesis and enjambment as well as symbolism quite effectively in The Colossus and this, therefore is what I would particularly be looking at. ...