Anne Sexton: An Analysis of “Wanting To Die” In “Wanting To Die”‚ Anne Sexton illustrates vividly an analogy that compares one’s desire to commit suicide and drug addiction. Though this poem may initially seem to revolve around the themes of death and suicide‚ there are several examples in the poem that can be referenced to drug addiction and the intentions of the drug user. In general‚ the tone of this poem is luridly depressing as it produces an imagery that is painstakingly dark and morbid. It
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Cinderella Cinderella is a childhood fairytale that we all love and remember. It is a tragedy that turns into love and happily ever after in the end. In contrast to this popular story‚ Anne Sexton’s version of Cinderella is a dark and twisted version of the classic fairy tale. It takes on a whole new perspective and is fairly different from the childhood fairytale that most of society knows. The poem takes less of a focus on the happy ever after in Cinderella and makes it into vivid bloody and
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Anne Sexton was a very famous female writer‚ who helped to change the way people thought of women and people’s thoughts on depression‚ suicide‚ feminism‚ and many other topics. She wrote highly personal confessional poems alluding to her life and her tragic personal experiences in life. Anne Sexton was neglected by her parents as a child and was raised by her aunt after her parents died‚ but her aunt didn’t treat her much better which is evidence for her depression. She is well known for her more
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Starry Night by Anne Sexton Anne Sexton‚ born on November 9‚ 1928 in Massachusetts‚ was an American poet known for her highly personal and confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer prize in 1967. Themes of her poetry include her suicidal tendencies‚ long battle against depression‚ and intimate details from her private life. Anne spent most of her childhood in Boston. On August 16th‚1948 she married Alfred Sexton and they remained together until 1973. She had two children. Sexton suffered from
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you believe that female oppression is still an issue in society today? If not‚ how has society evolved in that females are more empowered? SUMMARY Significant Literary Devices: imagery‚ syntax‚ repetition‚ allusion‚ conceit‚ rhyme scheme Anne Sexton’s ’Her Kind’ is a poem in which the speaker’s pain is expressed through vivid imagery and dismal repetition. The title of this poem is a portion of the refrain‚ "I have been her kind" seen in lines 17‚ 14 and 21. This eludes the reader into
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Close Reading Freewrite: Do you remember? “The Gold Key” is a poem written by Anne Sexton. It has some influence of the Bluebeard fairy tale by the Grimm Brothers. The poem has several characters that seem to have read fairy tales in their childhood. There are four girls: Alice‚ Eleanor‚ Jane and Maryel; and there are three boys: Samuel‚ Kurt and Brian. The narrator asks the characters if they remember their childhood. It tries to give the message that even when we grow up‚ our childhood we should
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Anne Sexton can be seen as a confessional poet; in “Her Kind” she reflects on her own personal experiences of womanhood‚ thus being able to create a relatable and intimate tone. Her vivid imagery also allowed the reader to clearly understand and visualize what she had to undergo. Throughout the poem it reflected the expectations and hardships that are placed upon women‚ though it may have been downgrading. The speaker however is not affected; she kept walking towards her dark side‚ stopping for nothing
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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
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Comparison and Contrast of Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath The two poems‚ “And One for My Dame” by Anne Sexton and “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath‚ both explore similar themes through the use of literary elements such as structure‚ tone and symbolism. Structures in each poem are alike with length but differ with the actual form. The tone Plath conveys is negative one while Sexton’s is more neutral. The symbolism in “Daddy” was also negative with symbols of the devil but Sexton used a nursery rhyme as a symbol
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suicide-prone persons into the domain or has an impact on the individual such that suicide is considered and often attempted. When the poem writing by Anne Sexton entitled Her Kind you can closely compare how Anne’s mental health affected her poetry and how her poetry affected her mental health. The American Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Anne Sexton took her own life in 1974 via carbon monoxide poisoning before reaching the age of fifty. Her life and work are especially interesting because her poetry
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