1. Confessional Movement

2. John Berryman October 25, 1914- January 7, 2972
 American poet and scholar born in McAlester, Oklahoma.
 Best known works are his series of The Dream Songs.
 Confessional poetry era.
 Poems usually derived from the details of his personal problems.

3. Dream Song 100: How This Woman Came by the Courage.
In this poem, Berryman uses an analogy to compare his mother to a "superhuman"
Describes her in this way because she put up with indignities for seventy years.
"Dies a death for two"

4. Anne Sexton Born November 9, 1928 in Westen
Was sent to Rogers Hall  prepatory school when she began to write
had 2 children
1956, mental condition and depression worsened
tried commiting suicide several times
started writing again as therapy
1969, published first book
became a professor
commtied suicide October 4, 1974

5. Sylvia Plath Born October 27, 1932 in Boston. Massachusetts
As a child published first poem
Studied at Smith College 
Married poet Ted Hughes in 1956 and had 2 kids
 Committed suicide in 1963
 Became the first poet to win Pulitzer Prize after being dead
Best known for poems Colossus and Ariel

6. Resources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Plath