Anne Sexton : The Dark Side

entitled, “Vincent” and “The Starry Night”, written by Don McClean and Anne Sexton, respectively. While the poem “Vincent”, has a depressing tone to it, “The Starry Night”, by Anne Sexton, depicts Starry Night as having a more lively mood, which more accurately represents that of the painting, by Vincent Van Gogh. Within the poem “Vincent”, written by Don McClean, a sense of a depressing mood is created through the use of dark diction, detail and figurative language. Throughout his poem, McClean expresses

Does Anne Sexton Want A Happily Ever After? A “Cinderella story” is a story in which people start out with a very unfortunate life and then become very wealthy by some type of luck. A Cinderella story is a type of myth, or fairytale. Poems sometimes add details to famous myths to reveal a meaning that is deeper than what was originally intended. The meaning of a true Cinderella story is that hard work always prospers and that the underdog always comes out on top. However in Anne Sexton’s version

understand Van Gogh’s reason for painting Starry Night. One way that people have used to try to understand him is through ekphrastic poetry, which is poetry about a work of art, such as Anne Sexton’s ‘The Starry Night” poem and Don McClean’s “Vincent (Starry, Starry Night).” While “The Starry Night” by Anne Sexton depicts Starry Night as having an ominous mood, the empathetic mood in “Vincent (Starry, Starry Night),” by Don McClean, with its use of sympathetic diction, detail, and figurative language

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

constantly one of debate and controversy. For centuries women have struggled to exert any power or individual identity through times of male dominance. The novel The Great Gatsby as well as the play A Streetcar Named Desire and lastly the poetry of Anne Sexton, were all written during the 20th Century in America. Throughout the 20th Century, attitudes towards women in the USA were changing,

Confessional Poetry I have done it again. One year in every ten I manage it – A sort of walking miracle, my skin Bright as a Nazi lampshade, My right foot A paperweight, My face featureless, fine Jew linen. This excerpt comes from the poem “Lady Lazarus” by Sylvia Plath, one of the most famous – and infamous – poets of the 20th century. Many of Plath’s poems, such as this one, belong to a particular school of

very far indeed from pessimistic, but you must understand that I am not speaking about individuals who are physically handicapped, but rather those who are depressed or emotionally stripped. It takes some literacy skills to write a poem about cold, dark depression and it takes even more skill to write your own suicide letter. With that being said, I do not wish to misguide you into supposing that I am somehow depressed or suicidal. In fact, I’d like to communicate that I found my literacy – my voice

Several scientific studies have demonstrated correlations between creativity and mental illness, including bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Even though the association between bipolar disorder and creativity first appeared in literature in the 1970s, the idea of a link between "madness" and "genius" is actually much older. It goes back at least to the time of Aristotle and the Ancient Greeks, when it was believed that creativity came from the gods, and in particular the Muses, the mythical personifications

children went to the Clergy Daughters ' School at Cowan Bridge in Lancashire. Brontë learnt foreign languages, as well as school management. She wrote only one novel, which is Wuthering Heights. It is argued that, she was the greatest of her two sisters; Anne and

was a renowned actor, playwright, poet and all around word extraordinaire. He was born in 1564 to be precise, and he died in 1616; as an Englishman living in Stratford-Upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England He was married from 1582 till his death, to one Anne Hathaway. He had three children, Hmnet, Judith and Susanna. In his lifetime he wrote countless literature masterpieces that would become classics until this day and is considered to be the greatest writer within the English language. Poetry and plays