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Anne Sexton and Her Confessional Poetry

Her Writing

  • "Confessional" writing

Reception

Anne Sexton

  • Autobiographical accounts
  • 1928-1974
  • Critics often denounce her writing for containing taboo subjects
  • Hometown: Newton, Massachusetts
  • An outlet for her mental unrest
  • Had a history of psychological problems
  • Called a narcissistic poet
  • Committed suicide in 1974
  • Crictics debate if some of her work is confessional or storytelling

Themes

  • Life vs. Death
  • Endurance
  • Feminism
  • Her own vices
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