Collected poems
| dc.contributor | Butler, Chris The U College of Ripon and York St John |
| dc.contributor.author | Plath, Sylvia |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-21T15:55:21Z |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-21T15:55:21Z |
| dc.date.created | 1956-1963 |
| dc.date.issued | 1976-01-01 |
| dc.identifier | ota:0111 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/0111 |
| dc.description.abstract | Resource deposited with the Oxford Text Archive. |
| dc.format.extent | Text data less than 512 KB Contains markup characters |
| dc.format.medium | Digital bitstream |
| dc.language | English |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Text Archive Legacy Collection |
| dc.rights | Use of this resource is restricted in some manner. Usually this means that it is available for non-commercial use only with prior permission of the depositor and on condition that this header is included in its entirety with any copy distributed. |
| dc.rights.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/licence-ota |
| dc.rights.label | ACA |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Poems -- United States -- 20th century |
| dc.subject.other | Poems |
| dc.title | Collected poems |
| dc.type | Text |
| has.files | yes |
| branding | Oxford Text Archive |
| files.size | 135999 |
| files.count | 1 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1900-1999 |
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<T TEXT> <B COLOSSUS> <W THE MANOR GARDEN> <G 4> <P 9> <S 1> #THE FOUNTAINS ARE DRY AND THE ROSES OVER. #INCENSE OF DEATH. %YOUR DAY APPROACHES. #THE PEARS FATTEN LIKE LITTLE BUDDHAS. #A BLUE MIST IS DRAGGING THE LAKE. <S 2> #YOU MOVE THROUGH THE ERA OF FISHES, #THE SMUG CENTURIES OF THE PIG= #HEAD, TOE AND FINGER #COME CLEAR OF THE SHADOW. %HISTORY <S 3> #NOURISHES THESE BROKEN FLUTINGS, #THESE CROWNS OF ACANTHUS, #AND THE CROW SETTLES HER GARMENTS. #YOU INHERIT WHITE HEATHER, A BEE'S WING, <S 4> #TWO SUICIDES, THE FAMILY WOLVES, #HOURS OF BLACKNESS. %SOME HARD STARS #ALREADY YELLOW THE HEAVENS. #THE SPIDER ON ITS OWN STRING <S 5> #CROSSES THE LAKE. %THE WORMS #QUIT THEIR USUAL HABITATIONS. #THE SMALL BIRDS CONVERGE, CONVERGE #WITH THEIR GIFTS TO A DIFFICULT BORNING. <W TWO VIEWS OF A CADAVER ROOM> <G 3> <P 10> 1 <S 1> #THE DAY SHE VISITED THE DISSECTING ROOM #THEY HAD FOUR MEN LAID OUT, BLACK AS BURNT TURKEY, #ALREADY HALF UNSTRUNG. %A VINEGARY FUME #OF THE DEATH VATS CLUNG TO THEM; . . .
