Anne Sexton was born Anne Gray Harvey on the 9th day of November 1928 in Newton, Massachusetts. She was a very disturbed poet whom wrote of her experiences with depression and mental illness. Sexton, a confessional poet, was an internationally known figure. Although this is true not all critics were positive. In fact they felt she bared too much in her poetry. Too much meaning it was acceptable for men and not women. Such topics as drinking problems, ,mental breakdowns and divorces. A fellow poet Louise Bogan stated," these are almost always women's secrets that do not, in the ordinary way of things, get told. To outline personal relationships....always at a high pitch of emotion requires courage." Anne Sexton had this courage.
As a child Anne felt unwanted and unloved, mostly by her mother. …
