Confessional Poetry

Question 1

Historical Context

Answer 1

• WWII (trauma, traditional values, sens, existential challenges)
• Psychoanalysis
• Breakdown of traditional values (shift in norms, taboo subjects)

Question 2

Themes

Answer 2

• internal struggle and inner turmoil
• identity and self discovery
• love and relationship

Question 3

Characteristics

Answer 3

• Intense emotional expression
  (raw language, unapologetic)
• Autobiographical elements
• therapeutic exploration (cathartic release, search of sens)

Question 4

Major Figures

Answer 4

• Sylvia Plath
• Anne Sexton
• Robert Lowells

Question 5

Sylvia Plath

Answer 5

“Ariel”
“The bell jar” (only novel)

Question 6

Anne Sexton

Answer 6

“Live or Die”
“Transformations”

Question 7

Robert Lowells

Answer 7

“Life studies”
“Skunk Hour”
“For the union dead”
“The Dolphin”

Question 8

Legacy

Answer 8

• Taylor Swift
• Lana Del Rey