Anne Sexton

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Anne Sexton (1928-1974) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet born in Newton, Massachusetts. Her poems detail her struggles with bipolar disorder and depression as well as her home life and relationships. Source

Excerpt from "Small Wire"

As it has been said:

Love and a cough cannot be concealed.

Even a small cough.

Even a small love.

Published:

1975

Length:

Shorty

Literary Movements:

Confessionalism

Anthology Years:

2023

Themes:

Love & Relationships

Literary Devices:

Anaphora

a figure of speech in which words repeat at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences

Metaphor

a comparison between two unrelated things through a shared characteristic