A review by frustratedangel
Live or Die: Poems by Anne Sexton

3.0

I read this poem collection to have an idea of Sexton's work before I delve into her biography but having read the snippet of her life at the end of the book makes me feel that I would have appreciated her poems better after reading about her life first.

There is much inner working going at hand in these poems she's written, this much I could gather from her work. It wasn't surprising to know that writing poems was a therapeutic suggestion by her doctor. The themes and content all revolve around her struggles but it is much too personal for me to grasp fully.