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The Collected Poems

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by Sylvia Plath

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Does this contain ALL of Sylvia Plath's poems published?
Eliot No, it does not have every one of them. The only reasonably famous one left out is "Mad Girl's Love Song", which you can read in the appendix to The B…moreNo, it does not have every one of them. The only reasonably famous one left out is "Mad Girl's Love Song", which you can read in the appendix to The Bell Jar. Honestly, if it were included, it would probably be the best poem in the "juvenilia" section.

There've been one or two other poems discovered in magazines and the like after this book was published.

It has almost every poem she published, however. If a poem isn't included in this book, it's either "Mad Girl's Love Song" or pretty obscure.(less)
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Was Mad Girl's Love Song one of the cut poems?
Jaymee Yes, it isn't included in this collection.…moreYes, it isn't included in this collection.(less)
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