Anne Sexton Quotes


Emerald as heavy as a golf course, ruby as dark as an afterbirth, diamond as white as sun on the sea.


Citations

Sexton, Anne. "The Gold Key." Transformations, Houghton Mifflin, 1971, p. 1.

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Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton
  • Born: November 9, 1928
  • Died: October 4, 1974
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Poet

Anne Sexton was an American poet known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967 for her book Live or Die. Her poetry details her long battle with depression, suicidal tendencies, and intimate details from her private life, including relationships with her husband and children, whom it was later alleged she physically and sexually assaulted.