Sylvia Plath's Debt To Anne Sexton Summary
Andrea Rogers
English 1102
February 29, 2016 Some people argue that artists sometimes inherit similar but different qualities which may set them apart or bring them to be very alike. Through a careful analysis of Cam Heather’s article, “Sylvia Plath’s Debt to Anne Sexton,” one can argue for her claim on the striking comparison between Plath and Sexton. She set Plath an example by tackling private and deeply personal material in an outspoken and colloquial fashion in the first person. Plath later acknowledged the liberating influence that Sexton and Lowell had on her poetic development.
The title sums up the article which states many things they have in common in their writing. One thing that is noticed is Plath may have taken some …show more content…
Plath and Sexton have shared a close relationship with each other over some years, but later on clashed heads in there writing. Being in the same writing class at Boston University people can argue this is why they might have share similar ideas, but Plath demonstrates her own uniqueness in her writing setting herself apart of Sexton. She used her skill of writing to portray her feelings and deep connection with death, and despair. Sexton also had her own unique style of writing, because she uses a great amount of imagination, and fiction. Her poems began to be more like stories that had affected her life in a certain way.
At the time of their early writing careers in 1950 Plath and Sexton both can be seen to have the same idea of what confessional writing is. These writers might have shared the same idea that freedom can be found around death, and depression. We can’t assume that these artists have taken ideas from each other, because of the circumstances they were in. Both artists used their heart felt ideas to power their styles of
English 1102
February 29, 2016 Some people argue that artists sometimes inherit similar but different qualities which may set them apart or bring them to be very alike. Through a careful analysis of Cam Heather’s article, “Sylvia Plath’s Debt to Anne Sexton,” one can argue for her claim on the striking comparison between Plath and Sexton. She set Plath an example by tackling private and deeply personal material in an outspoken and colloquial fashion in the first person. Plath later acknowledged the liberating influence that Sexton and Lowell had on her poetic development.
The title sums up the article which states many things they have in common in their writing. One thing that is noticed is Plath may have taken some …show more content…
Plath and Sexton have shared a close relationship with each other over some years, but later on clashed heads in there writing. Being in the same writing class at Boston University people can argue this is why they might have share similar ideas, but Plath demonstrates her own uniqueness in her writing setting herself apart of Sexton. She used her skill of writing to portray her feelings and deep connection with death, and despair. Sexton also had her own unique style of writing, because she uses a great amount of imagination, and fiction. Her poems began to be more like stories that had affected her life in a certain way.
At the time of their early writing careers in 1950 Plath and Sexton both can be seen to have the same idea of what confessional writing is. These writers might have shared the same idea that freedom can be found around death, and depression. We can’t assume that these artists have taken ideas from each other, because of the circumstances they were in. Both artists used their heart felt ideas to power their styles of