"Two Sisters of Persephone" written by: Sylvia Plath.
This poem loosely relates to the confessional poem style because Sylvia Plath's poem doesn't use the normal "I" statements throughout the poem, like confessional poems usually have, but uses she to describe the two different people in the poem. The two people in this poem are often interpreted as one person, the speaker, throughout different parts of her life, going through the dark and light places defined in the first stanza. This interpretation leads way for "Two Sisters of Persephone" to fit in the confessional poetry placement. |
The poem "Daddy" by: Sylvia Plath
This poem is a great example of the confessional period as Plath uses several "I" phrases throughout the poem. The poem is an exceptional example of confessional poetry not only for the "I" statements but for the awful topics written about in the poem lines. In several of the lines there are very violent images, descriptions of the invocation of the Jews (during the holocaust times) and a spiteful tone. |