1. How is Darkness Explored in post-WWII American Poetry? A presentation by: Oğuz Ceylan Pınar Olgun Ayşenaz Toptaş

2. Post WWII American Poetry 1945-1990 «Anti-Tradition» Confessional Movement The Beats PARTY! Black Mountain Poets Avant-Garde

3. What is a «confession?» A confession is a statement made by a person acknowledging some personal fact that the person would prefer to keep hidden.(Cerutti) SECRET

5. Confessional Poetry  The poetry of the personal or "I."  This style of writing emerged in the late 1950s and early 1960s  Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, W.D. Snodgrass...

6. Daddy-Sylvia Plath « Daddy, I have had to kill you.» « I never could talk to you.» « I thought every German was you.» « I have always been scared of you» « Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I'm through.»

7. Death Regret Fear