Poetry Supermarket

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Anne sexton was born November 9, 1928 in Newton, Massachusetts and she died on October 4, 1974. She died by committing suicide in her car in her garage. Sexton is seen as the modern writer of confessional poetry. Her work is primarily written around the issues of women such as menstruation, abortion, masturbation, and adultery. She wrote about these topics before any of these subjects were addressed in a poem. After reading “The Starry Night” I could see maybe why Sexton was contemplating committing suicide. In that poem she talks about the way she wants to die. I do not really understand what she means in some of the lines of the poem but she ends off each stanza with “this is how I want to die.”

In the poem “The Starry Night” Anne Sexton uses a lot of figurative language. She talks about the ways she wants to die on this starry night. She keeps the same structure throughout the poem, giving details of the ways she wants to die then ends off each stanza with “this is how I want to die.” The tone in this poem seems to me to be real mellow. She is talking about the ways she wants to die in a very calm and mellow manner which makes me think that she maybe was a little bit out there. Normal people probably do not talk about the ways they want to die and talk about it in a real calm fashion through poetry.

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/anne_sexton/poems/18153

The poem I read by Anne Sexton is called Courage. I like this poem because it has a lot to do with events of real life and how courage can pull you through. After reading this poem I experienced the not so crazy side of Anne Sexton. She talked about the hardships of life and how if u can have courage to outlast these hardships then you will be ok in life. She also says when death comes around if you still have courage then you will stride right out the back door into your new life.
If you ask me I wouldn’t say that there is anything about Anne Sexton that makes her distinctly American. She writes in the same style as the American writers but that is about it. She wrote about things that other poets didn’t write about during her time period which separated her from the other poets.