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  What are some examples of how family is generally presented as a theme in confessional poetry?
  Two of the most prominent confessional poets would have to be Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath. Sylvia Plath's poem "Daddy" could certainly apply to your theme of 'family.' Although her poem does not...

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  Anne Sexton: If Sexton is confessional, what is it that she is confessing?  
  Throughout history, poets have tried to explain the nature of consciousness, being, life, ideas and art. Modernist poets such as T.S. Elliot and Ezra Pound, those coming just before the...

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