Anne Sexton: Poems Anne Sexton

In his preface to Lyrical Ballads,William Wordsworth describes good poetry as being “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (6). The style of confessional poetry seems especially fitting to this description; to think that confessional...

Across Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and ‘For My Lover, Returning to His Wife’ by Anne Sexton, jealousy is presented as both resulting in self-deprecation and anger. Whereas in ‘After the Lunch’ by Wendy Cope a form of love that does not contain...

The Grimm fairy tales have been interpreted in endless ways since they were first written, and probably for good reason—the blood and gore of the original fairy tales do not necessarily make for ideal bedtime stories. However, Anne Sexton’s...

“Live or die, but don’t poison everything”. These words were said by Anne Sexton, a 20th century poet, whose poems dealt with the complexities of her tragic personal life, including the dysfunctional and often disturbing relationships with her...

“The Ballad of the Lonely Masturbator” is a confessional poem by Anne Sexton, in which she explores her intimate feelings about masturbation during a post-break-up era in her life. The poem is noteworthy because of its ability to bring forth the...

The notion of love is something that evades language, yet has been a staple theme in literary works all over the world. Writers have struggled to express this abstract feeling in language and accord it with a definition so that it can finally be...

Anne Sextons confessional lyric poem, “With Mercy for the Greedy” (1962) displays many ways of how she interprets life around her. Sexton tries to believe in religion to have a sense of believing in something, mostly because of her friend “Ruth”,...

Fairy tales like “Cinderella” have been passed down and reimagined through centuries, with each retelling distinctly redefining the character’s actions, motivations and traits. These stories often push a moral message that highlights the...

Anne Sexton is a modern model of the confessional poet and was very open with her poems and writings. Her therapist recommended her to start writing when she first had a breakdown, prompting Sexton to use her writing as a way to escape the world...

Her Kind, a poem by Anne Sexton, although not an admittance, a confession or a concession in the least presents and vividly explores the concepts of a woman’s role in the society, and the particular alienation and estrangement that might result...