Anne Sexton
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