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Anne Sexton believed that the most interesting poetry was written out of personal experience. Everything she had been through, her hospitalization, her affairs, her insanity, the loss of her parents, and great-aunt, gave her things to write about. She uses poetry as one of her outlet. She writes out her problems. Her writing was a part of her therapy.
As a child, Anne Sexton had to be the center of attention, "a demanding child" (Self-Portrait in Letter 3). When Anne was younger, she thought of herself as an outcast and unwanted (Hall 3). Anne's great-aunt Nana died in July 1954. She thought the death of Nana was her fault. This was proved in some of the poetry that Anne wrote, "I knew you forever and you were always old, / soft white lady of my heart" (To Bedlam and Part Way Back 13).
Anne met and married Alfred Muller Sexton II in the summer of 1948. The Korean War just started in 1950, and Kayo (Alfred) joined the Naval Reserves. Kayo's boat docked in 1952, and......

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