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Anne Sexton: Poems

The Grimm fairy tales have been interpreted in endless ways since they were first written, and probably for good reason—the blood and gore of the original fairy tales do not necessarily make for ideal bedtime stories. However, Anne Sexton’s...

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Anne Sexton: Poems

Anne Sextons confessional lyric poem, “With Mercy for the Greedy” (1962) displays many ways of how she interprets life around her. Sexton tries to believe in religion to have a sense of believing in something, mostly because of her friend “Ruth”,...

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Anne Sexton: Poems

Anne Sexton is a modern model of the confessional poet and was very open with her poems and writings. Her therapist recommended her to start writing when she first had a breakdown, prompting Sexton to use her writing as a way to escape the world...