The Colossus MQ

This five stanza poem is another work of Plaths were she truly mourns her fathers death and uses hatred for him as a tool for coping with his passing. this poem describes her father as being like a giant statue or colossus as the title states and often refers back to ancient greek and roman culture through various jargon used throughout the poem including "Roman Forum" "Oracle" and "cornicopia". all of these words really bring the reader back into this ancient time when reading the poem. one of the greatest inferences to the ancient greeks was in lines 22-23 "it would take more than a lighting-stroke/to create such a ruin" this is an obvious referance to zues, and it is like the author is saying that not even the greatest god could have caused this much destruction, and this much pain. the poem also shows how Plath is suicidal in line 28 when she says "My hours are married to shadow". I really liked this line and saw it as a way to set tone and show the reader just how much of a negative effect her fathers passing had on her. Plath ends this poem saying how she no longer waits for the sound of ships coming in meaning she no longer waits for her fathers return and she has accepted his death.