Sylvia Plath was American short-story writer, poet and...

Sylvia Plath was American short-story writer, poet and novelist that was born on October 27, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts and died on February 11, 1963. Sylvia Plath is best known for, her books of poems, â€Å"The Colossus and Other Poems Collection† and the â€Å"Ariel Collection† of Poems.Plath’s poetry was known for its rhyme, alliteration and disturbing and violent imagery. Plath’s poetry is considered part of the Confessional movement, which became very popular in the United States during the 1950s through the 1960s. It is considered a type of poetry about â€Å"of the personal†. Confessional poems are more associated with the subject matter of sexuality, mental illness and suicide. Sylvia Plath was the daughter of Aurelia Schober and Otto Plath.†¦show more content†¦That same year she was not accepted into a course at Harvard during the summer and felt that she was a disappointment to herself and everyone around her. This caused her to go into a depression. She was unable to concentrate and felt that her writing was getting worse. She devolved insomnia and was unable to sleep. She felt she wanted to die and cut her legs seeing if she was capable of committing suicide. While depressed, she wrote the book â€Å"The Bell Jar†. It is about a young girl who is going through the same feeling and emotions as her. When her mother found out she tried to commit suicide, she was taken to a psychiatrist, and she was diagnosis with depression. She received electroshock therapy, which made her insomnia worse. They prescribed sleeping pills, but they did not work and was awake for three weeks straight. On August 24, 1953, Plath broke into her family lockbox and stole the sleeping pills. She wrote a note that she went on a long walk, but instead she had hidden under the porch and proceeded to take around forty sleeping pills. She was missing several days and was on the front page of several major newspapers trying to get people to look for her. She was found on August 26 by her cries and moans of pain under the porch. She was covered in her own vomit. She was admitted to a mental institution, where she received more electroshock therapy. In January ofShow MoreRelatedEssay about Sylvia Plath: A Novelist and her Brief Life705 Words   |  3 PagesThe highly recognized female novelist and poet, Sylvia Plath, lived a hard and tragic life. Plath was diagnosed with depression, a mood disorder that causes consistent feelings of sadness, at a very young age that made her life complicated in many ways. The battle continued on when she was diagnosed with severe depression later on in life which contributed to her death. Sylvia Plath was a very successful novelist and poet in the thirty short years of her life, however, the achievements were notRead MoreOnce More About the Thin People by Sylvia Plath1039 Words   |  5 PagesSylvia Plath is an American poet, novelist and short story writer who lived in London, United Kingdom. She is considered an important poet of her generation. Her work is very personal and towards the end of her life she often wrote about death. She usually used confessional genre to write her poetry. She is Best-known for her two published collections: The Colossus and Other Poetrys and Ariel. She also wrote a semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar in 1963 pub lished shortly before her death. TheRead MoreMutilating Self Into Spirit: Sylvia Plaths Poems.4131 Words   |  17 PagesSylvia Plath’s poems: Translation of the self into spirit, after an ordeal of mutilation. Introduction of the poems and the essay: * â€Å"Daddy† Sylvia Plath uses her poem, â€Å"Daddy†, to express intense emotions towards her father’s life and death and her disastrous relationship with her husband. The speaker in this poem is Sylvia Plath who has lost her father at age ten, at a time when she still adored him unconditionally. Then she gradually realizes the oppressing dominance of her father, and