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Confessional Movement. October 25, 1914- January 7, 2972 American poet and scholar born in McAlester, Oklahoma. Best known works are his series of The Dream Songs . Confessional poetry era. Poems usually derived from the details of his personal problems. John Berryman.
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October 25, 1914- January 7, 2972 American poet and scholar born in McAlester, Oklahoma. Best known works are his series of The Dream Songs. Confessional poetry era. Poems usually derived from the details of his personal problems. John Berryman
In this poem, Berryman uses an analogy to compare his mother to a "superhuman" Describes her in this way because she put up with indignities for seventy years. "Dies a death for two" Dream Song 100: How This Woman Came by the Courage.
Anne Sexton • Born November 9, 1928 in Westen • Was sent to Rogers Hall prepatory school when she began to write • had 2 children • 1956, mental condition and depression worsened • tried commiting suicide several times • started writing again as therapy • 1969, published first book • became a professor • commtied suicide October 4, 1974
Born October 27, 1932 in Boston. Massachusetts As a child published first poem Studied at Smith College Married poet Ted Hughes in 1956 and had 2 kids Committed suicide in 1963 Became the first poet to win Pulitzer Prize after being dead Best known for poems Colossus and Ariel Sylvia Plath
Resources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Plath http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/john_berryman/poems/12052.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berryman
